Category: Blood

Test Details Synonyms Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) and Prothrombin Time (PT) PT and aPTT PT and PTT Test Includes Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT); international normalized ratio (INR); prothrombin time (PT)

Test Details Synonyms Prothrombin Time Assay Protime PT Test Includes International normalized ratio (INR); prothrombin time. Use Evaluation of the extrinsic coagulation system; aid in screening for congenital and acquired deficiencies of factors II, V, VII, X, and fibrinogen.6-8 This test

Test Details Use Evaluate nutritional status; investigate edema. In the entities which follow, the diseases listed are sometimes increased or decreased as indicated, but are not always so. Causes of high total protein: dehydration; some cases of chronic liver disease, including chronic active hepatitis

Test Details Synonyms PSA, Serum Use Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a glycoprotein produced by the epithelial cells lining the prostatic ducts and acini. Normally, it is secreted into the prostatic ducts and is present only in prostate tissue, prostatic fluid, and seminal plasma. PSA is

Test Details Use First test for work-up of galactorrhea (inappropriate lactation). Pituitary function test useful in the detection of prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors (microadenomas, macroadenomas) with or without galactorrhea, with or without structural evidence of sellar enlargement. An adult

Test Details Use Establish the presence of a functioning corpus luteum or luteal cell function; confirm basal body temperature measurements for the occurrence of ovulation; obtain an indication of the day of ovulation; evaluate the functional state of the corpus luteum in infertility patients; assess

Test Details Use Evaluate electrolyte balance; followed patients on diuretic therapy and with renal diseases, particularly salt-losing nephropathy; evaluate patients being treated for acidosis; prevent cardiac arrhythmias; evaluate alcoholism with delirium tremens; evaluate and treat ketoacidosis

Test Details Synonyms Inorganic Phosphate, Blood Use Causes of high phosphorus: Youth; exercise; dehydration and hypovolemia; high phosphorus content enema; acromegaly; hypoparathyroidism; pseudohypoparathyroidism; bone metastases; hypervitaminosis D; sarcoidosis; milk-alkali syndrome; liver

Test Details Synonyms Parotitis epidemica Antibodies Use Determine immunity to mumps virus.

Test Details Synonyms MMR Antibodies Test Includes Mumps antibodies, EIA; rubella antibodies, EIA; rubeola antibodies, EIA. Additional Information Presence of specific viral antibodies is presumptive evidence of immunity in the absence of clinical findings suggesting acute infection.

Test Details Use Magnesium deficiency produces neuromuscular disorders. It may cause weakness, tremors, tetany, and convulsions. Hypomagnesemia is associated with hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, long-term hyperalimentation, intravenous therapy, diabetes mellitus, especially during treatment of ketoacidosis;

Test Details Test Includes Cholesterol, LDL:HDL ratio; lipid panel Use Abbreviations used are as follows: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-C, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Evaluation of hyperlipidemia as an index to coronary