Category: Health and Wellness

Test Details Use Work-up for abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, nausea, and vomiting. Such findings characterize acute pancreatitis as well as acute surgical emergencies such as gastrointestinal perforation (eg, peptic ulcer with perforation) or bowel infarct. Amylase is used in the differential

Test Details Synonyms Compound F Hydrocortisone Use Establish the diagnosis of adrenocortical insufficiency, Addison’s disease, adrenocortical hypersecretion, Cushing’s syndrome. Malfunction of the organs in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal cortex axis will result in alteration

Test Details Use Diagnose hypochromic, microcytic anemias. Decreased in iron deficiency anemia and increased in iron overload. Ferritin levels correlate with and are useful in evaluation of total body storage iron. In hemochromatosis, both ferritin and iron saturation are increased. Ferritin levels

Test Details Use Diagnose pancreatitis, more specific for pancreatitis than is serum amylase; diagnose peritonitis, strangulated or infarcted bowel, pancreatic cyst. Additional Information Serum lipase is usually normal in patients with elevated serum amylase, without pancreatitis, who have peptic

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

Test Details Synonyms PTH Whole Molecule Use Diagnosis of parathyroid disease and other diseases of calcium homeostasis; monitoring patients undergoing renal dialysis. Additional Information PTH is an 84-amino-acid peptide hormone which is responsible for the regulation of serum calcium levels

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 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 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 Synonyms Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT). Use The aPTT is sensitive to deficiency or inhibition of factors in the intrinsic pathway. These include the contact factors; high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK), prekallikrein, and factor XII along with procoagulant factors

Test Details Synonyms RA Latex, Turbidimetry RF Titer Rheumatoid Factor (RF) Use Help in the differential diagnosis and prognosis of arthritic disorders. Additional Information Rheumatoid factors are antibodies directed against the Fc fragment of IgG. These are usually IgM antibodies, but