Basic metabolic panel

A basic metabolic panel (BMP) is a set of seven or eight blood chemical tests.

Components
The version with seven tests is also known as "CHEM-7". The seven parts of a CHEM-7 include tests for:


 * Four electrolytes:
 * sodium
 * potassium
 * chloride
 * bicarbonate or CO2


 * blood urea nitrogen (BUN)


 * creatinine


 * glucose

Calcium is often considered part of the BMP,  though, by definition, it is not part of the CHEM-7.

Reporting
These lab values are often listed in a standard grid:

Glucose (and sometimes calcium) are listed to the right of this grid, but there is greater variation in how these values are reported.