RX Lab Tests A-Z
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Serum Immunofixation Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Serum immunofixation A serum immunofixation test measures specific proteins in your blood. It helps to identify certain illnesses that are otherwise hard to detect, such…
Serum iron test – Indications, Procedure, Result
A serum iron test measures how much iron is in your blood. How the Test is Performed A blood sample is needed. Iron levels are highest…
Serum Iron Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Fe+2; Ferric ion; Fe++; Ferrous ion; Iron - serum; Anemia - serum iron; Hemochromatosis - serum iron A serum iron test measures how much…
Serum Ketone Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
A serum ketone test measures how many ketones are there in the blood. How the Test is Performed A blood sample is needed. How to Prepare…
Serum Lead Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Blood lead levels Blood lead level is a test that measures the amount of lead in the blood. How the Test is Performed A…
Serum Lipid Profile – Normal Value, Causes, Treatment
Serum lipid profile or lipid panel is a panel of blood tests that serves as an initial broad medical screening tool for abnormalities in lipids, such as cholesterol and triglycerides. The results of…
Serum Magnesium Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Magnesium - blood A serum magnesium test measures the level of magnesium in the blood. How the Test is Performed A blood sample is needed. How…
Serum Myoglobin Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
A serum myoglobin test is used to measure the level of myoglobin in your blood and it is a protein that's typically found in…
Serum phenylalanine screening – Indications, Procedures, Results
Phenylalanine - blood test Serum phenylalanine screening is a blood test to look for signs of the disease phenylketonuria (PKU). The test detects abnormally high levels…
Serum Phenylalanine Screening – Indications, Procedures, Results
Serum phenylalanine screening is a blood test to look for signs of the disease phenylketonuria (PKU). The test detects abnormally high levels of an…
Serum Phosphorus Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
The phosphorus blood test measures the amount of phosphate in the blood. Blood is drawn from a vein (venipuncture), usually from the inside of…
Serum Porphyrins Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Protoporphyrin levels; Porphyrins -- total; Coproporphyrin levels; PROTO test Porphyrins help form many important substances in the body. One of these is hemoglobin, the…
Serum Protein Electrophoresis – Indications, Procedures, Results
Protein electrophoresis - serum Lipoprotein electrophoresis This lab test measures the types of protein in the fluid (serum) part of a blood sample. This…
Serum Serotonin Test – 5-hydroxytryptamine level
5-HT level; 5-hydroxytryptamine level; Serotonin test The serotonin test measures the level of serotonin in the blood. The serotonin test measures the level of serotonin…
Serum Sodium Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
A sodium blood test is a routine test that allows your doctor to see how much sodium is in your blood. It's also called a…
Serum Testosterone Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
The serum testosterone test measures the amount of the male hormone, testosterone, in the blood. Both men and women produce this hormone. The test…
Serum Tetone Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
A serum ketone test measures how many ketones are there in the blood. How the Test is Performed A blood sample is needed. How to Prepare…
Serum Vitamin B12 level Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Cobalamin test; Pernicious anemia - vitamin B12 level Vitamin B12 level is a blood test that measures how much vitamin B12 is in your blood.…
SGPT Test
Aspartate aminotransferase; Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; SGOT The SGOT test is a blood test that's part of a liver profile. It measures one of two…
Sickle Cell Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
The sickle cell test looks for the abnormal hemoglobin in the blood that causes the disease sickle cell anemia. A sickle cell test is an…
Sigmoidoscopy – Indications, Procedures, Results
Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Sigmoidoscopy - flexible; Proctoscopy; Proctosigmoidoscopy; Rigid sigmoidoscopy; Colon cancer sigmoidoscopy; Colorectal sigmoidoscopy; Rectal sigmoidoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding - sigmoidoscopy; Rectal bleeding - sigmoidoscopy;…
Sodium Urine Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Urinary 24 hours sodium; Urine Na+ The sodium urine test measures the amount of sodium in a certain amount of urine. Sodium can also…
Spinal Cord Blood Testing – Indications, Procedures, Results
Cord blood refers to a sample of blood collected from the umbilical cord when a baby is born. The umbilical cord is the cord…
Stool Guaiac Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
FOBT; Guaiac smear test; Fecal occult blood test - guaiac smear; Stool occult blood test - guaiac smear The stool guaiac test looks for…
