LAB TESTS

• Chemistry Panels

  • Basic Metabolic Panel
  • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
  • Electrolyte Panel
  • Hepatic Function Panel
  • Lipid Panel
  • Renal Function Panel
• Tests in Chemistry Panels

  • Na, K, Cl, Ca2+, CO2, Glucose, Creatinine, BUN
  • Na, K, CL, Ca2+, CO², Glucose, Creatinine, BUN, TP, Albumin, Bilirubin, ALP. AST
  • Na, K, Cl-, CO²
  • Albumin, ALT, AST, ALP, Bilirubin (Total and Direct), TP
  • Total Chole, HDL, LDL, TAG
  • Na, K, Ca², CO2, glucose, creatinine, BUN, albumin, Phosphate
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)


  Elevated levels indicate liver disorders
• Albumin


  Decreased levels indicate liver or kidney disorders or malnutrition
• Alcohol


  Elevated levels indicate intoxication
• Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)


  Elevated levels indicate bone or liver disorders
• Ammonia


  Elevated levels indicate severe liver disorders
• Amylase


  Elevated levels indicate pancreatitis
• Arterial blood gases (ABGS)

  Determine the acidity or alkalinity and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels of blood
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)


  Elevated levels indicate myocardial infarction or liver disorders
• Bilirubin


  Elevated levels indicate liver or hemolytic disorders
• Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)


  Elevated levels indicate kidney disorders
• Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

  Elevated levels indicate congestive heart failure
• Calcium (Ca)


  Mineral associated with bone, musculoskeletal, or endocrine disorders
• Cholesterol


  Elevated levels indicate coronary risk
• Creatine kinase (CK)


  Elevated levels indicate myocardial infarction or other muscle damage
• Creatine kinase (CK) isoenzymes

  Determine the extent of muscle or brain damage (elevated in myocardial infarction)
• Creatinine


  Elevated levels indicate kidney disorders
• Creatinine clearance


  Urine and serum test to measure glomerular filtration rate
• Drug screening


  Detects drug abuse and monitors therapeutic drugs
• Electrolytes (CO, CI, Na, K)

  Evaluate body fluid balance
• Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT)


  Elevated levels indicate early liver disorders
• Glucose


  Elevated levels indicate diabetes mellitus
• Glucose tolerance test (GTT)


  Detects diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia
• Haptoglobin


  Used to evaluate hemolytic anemia and certain chronic diseases
• Hemoglobin AC


  Monitors diabetes mellitus
• Hemoglobin (Hgb) electrophoresis


  Detects abnormal hemoglobins
• High-density lipoprotein (HDL)


  Assesses coronary risk
• Iron


  Decreased levels indicate iron deficiency anemia
• Lactic dehydrogenase (LD (LDH])


  Elevated levels indicate myocardial infarction or lung or liver disorders
• Lead


  Elevated levels indicate poisoning
• Lipase


  Elevated levels indicate pancreatitis
• Lithium (Li)


  Monitors antidepressant drug
• Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)


  Assesses coronary risk
• Magnesium


  Cation involved in neuromuscular excitability of muscle tissue
• Myoglobin


  Early indicator of myocardial infarction
• Phosphorus (P)


  Mineral associated with skeletal or endocrine disorders
• Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)


  Screening for prostatic cancer
• Protein


  Decreased levels associated with liver or kidney disorders
• Total protein (TP)


  Decreased levels indicate liver or kidney disorders