A 50-year-old diabetic comes to the laboratory to have rou- tine bloodwork drawn. His physician orders basic metabolic panel and a lipid profile. After the blood clots, the techni- cian spins down the...

Extracted text: A 50-year-old diabetic comes to the laboratory to have rou- tine bloodwork drawn. His physician orders basic metabolic panel and a lipid profile. After the blood clots, the techni- cian spins down the specimen to find that the serum looks like milk. The test results are as follows: Na: 140 mEq/L K: 4.0 mEq/L Cl: 101 mEq/L CO2: 28 mg/dL Glucose: 455 mg/dL BUN: 24 mg/dL Creatinine: 1.1 mg/dL Phosphate: 3.7 mg/dL Calcium: 8.8 mg/dL ALP: 250 IU/L AST: 35 IU/L ALT: 29 IU/L Cholesterol: 500 mg/dL Triglycerides: 1200 mg/dL HDL: 35 mg/dL LDL: 160 mg/dL What causes the diabetic's serum to look like milk? What lipid test results do you expect to be elevated? How would this specimen fit into Fredrickson's classification scheme?