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. 2019 Feb 7;11(2):e4024. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4024

Table 1. Cairo-Bishop definition of laboratory tumor lysis syndrome .

NOTE: Two or more laboratory changes within three days before or seven days after cytotoxic therapy.

Element Value Change from baseline
Uric acid ≥476 micromol/L (8 mg/dL) 25% increase
Potassium ≥6.0 mmol/L (or 6 mEq/L) 25% increase
Phosphorus ≥2.1 mmol/L (6.5 mg/dL) for children or ≥1.45 mmol/L (4.5 mg/dL) for adults 25% increase
Calcium < 1.75 mmol/L (7mg/ dL) 25% decrease