Category: Tests For Men

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 ANA With Reflex ANA-specific Antibodies Extractable Nuclear Antibodies Test Includes Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) will reflex if positive to dsDNA; RNP; Sjögren’s A; Sjögren’s B; Smith (Sm). If reflex testing is performed, additional charges/CPT code(s) may

Test Details Synonyms Chlamydia/Gonococcus, Amplicor® PCR Chlamydia/Gonococcus, Aptima® TMA Chlamydia/Gonococcus, LCR Test Includes Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by nucleic acid amplification technology Use Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Test Details Synonyms C trachomatis Antibodies, IgM Use Diagnose possible chlamydial infection.  

Synonyms HIV-1/O/2, 4th Generation Test Includes Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for antigen/antibody screen for HIV with reflex to supplementary differentiation assay for HIV-1 or HIV-2. The antigen/antibody assay detects antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 as well as HIV-1 p24 antigen. Specimens positive

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 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 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 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

Test Details Synonyms Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ESR Westergren Sedimentation Rate Use Evaluate the nonspecific activity of infections, inflammatory states, autoimmune disorders, and plasma cell dycrasias.

Test Details Synonyms Thyroid Hormone-binding Ratio (THBR). Use Thyroid function test for the diagnosis of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, used with thyroxine (T4) or equivalent to provide free T4 index, FTI. An indirect measure of binding protein, the T3 uptake reflects available binding

Test Details Synonyms Free Testosterone, Direct and Total. Use Evaluate hirsutism and masculinization in women; evaluate testicular function in clinical states where the testosterone binding proteins may be altered (obesity, cirrhosis, thyroid disorders). See individual test descriptions for