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Salicylate level

Medicine levels · also printed as Salicylate, Serum salicylate, Aspirin level, Salicylate (serum), Salicylate concentration

Typical UK adult rangebelow 300 mg/L

Below 300 mg/L is the usual threshold labs print for concern; the treating team interprets it.

What this test measures

A salicylate level measures aspirin and related compounds after an overdose or in suspected accumulation.

Why doctors request it

Measured in emergency departments after an overdose and in suspected accumulation.

What commonly pushes it up

Recent aspirin ingestion
Kidney disease

What commonly pushes it down

Time since ingestion

Everyday reasons for a value outside the range

Low-dose aspirin for the heart gives undetectable or very low levels

About the sample

Timed from ingestion, and repeated as it can rise late.

Written by a UK consultant physician. Typical UK adult reference ranges; your laboratory's own printed range takes precedence.

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