Tests
Common clinical chemistry tests include:
-Electrolytes
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Chloride
- Bicarbonate
-Renal (Kidney) Function Tests
- Creatinine
- Blood urea nitrogen
-Liver Function Tests
- Total protein (serum)
- Albumin
- Globulins
- A/G ratio (albumin-globulin)
- Protein electrophoresis
- Urine protein
- Bilirubin; direct; indirect; total
- Aspartate transaminase (AST)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
-Cardiac Markers
- Troponin
- Myoglobin
- CK-MB
- B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
-Minerals
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Phosphate
- Potassium
-Blood Disorders
- Iron
- Transferrin
- TIBC
- Vitamin B12
- Folic acid
-Miscellaneous
- Glucose
- C-reactive protein
- Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
- Uric acid
- Arterial blood gases
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- Toxicological screening and forensic toxicology (drugs and toxins)
- Neuron-specific enolase (NSE)
- fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
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