What test is used to monitor prolonged times, often to monitor warfarin therapy?
100
HA1c
What test is used to examine what type of diabetic control has occurred over the past several months?
100
Bilirubin
What test has increased levels in the blood stream due to red cell destruction and liver dysfunction?
100
RPR
What procedure is used to test for syphilis?
200
CBC?
What test is used to determine anemia, infection, or leukopenia?
200
APTT
What test looks for prolonged times that may be related to heparin therapy?
200
Electrolytes
What are sodium, potassium, CO2, Chloride?
200
BUN
What is the test that, when elevated, indicates impaired renal function from toxins, inflammation or obstruction?
200
ANA
What test, when positive, indicates autoimmune disorders, specifically lupus erythematosus?
300
ESR
What test is indicative of inflammatory conditions or necrosis of tissue?
300
D-dimer
What test evaluates thrombin and plasmin activity and is useful in testing disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
300
Cholesterol
What test is indicative of a high risk for cardiovascular disease?
300
Troponin-1
What test serves as a cardiac marker that is used in early diagnosis of small myocardial infarcts that are not detectable by conventional diagnostic methods?
300
AFB
What, when there is a positive stain, means pulmonary tuberculosis and is used to monitor the treatment of TB?
400
Reticulocyte Count
What test shows an increase of retics in circulating blood that indicates bone marrow hyperactivity
400
Fibrinogen
What test, when showing a deficiency, suggests hemorrhagic disorders and is used most frequently in obstetrics?
400
Triglycerides
What is indicates lipid metabolism disorders when it is high and serves as an index for evaluating the possibility of atherosclerosis?
400
Amylase
What is the test often used to diagnose acute pancreatitis?
400
Occult blood
What is the test used with a stool specimen to look for blood in the stool associated with gastrointestinal bleeding from carcinoma?
500
WBC
What test can indicate infection, leukemia, and other malignancies?
500
FSP or FDP
What test produces high levels in fibrin degradation products that interfere with platelet function and clotting?
500
Vitamin B12 and Folate
What tests are used to look for low values associated with anemias and disease of the small intestine?
500
CK
What test, when elevated, points to muscle damage such as myocardial infarction, muscular dystrophy, or strenuous exercise?
500
Culture and Sensitivity
What procedure is used to grow microorganisms to determine if pathogenic and then antibiotics which will respond?