Panel of Tests for Various Diseases

• Following is the list of various tests used to diagnose the diseases of various organs.

What samples are needed for various blood tests?

1. Serum is the ideal sample for blood chemistry tests.
2. In some cases, you may need a fasting sample.
3. In some cases, plasma may be needed.
4. For coagulation studies, a special blood sample is taken.

What are the precautions for various blood tests?

1. Always avoid hemolysis.
2. Lipemic serum is not good for various chemistry tests.
3. Also, note the interference of various drugs.

What is the panel of tests used to assess liver diseases?

Advise the following panel of liver function tests.

1. Total bilirubin
2. Direct and indirect bilirubin
3. SGPT (Alanine aminotransferase)
4. SGOT (Aspartate aminotransferase)
5. Alkaline phosphatase
6. Total protein
7. Albumin
8. Gamma GT
9. Prothrombin time

What are the Hepatitis viral markers?

1. HAV IgM
2. HAV Igg
3. HBsAg (Surface HBS antigen)
4.  HBeAg (HBe antibody)
5. HBe Ag (HBe antigen)
6. HBcAb (HBc antibody)
7. HCV Ag (HCV antigen )
8. HDV IgM (Hepatitis D IgM antibody)
9. HDV Igg (Hepatitis D Igg antibody)
10. Hepatitis E antigen

What is the Acute Viral Hepatitis panel?

1. Hepatitis A antibodies
2. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
3. Hepatitis B core (HBc IgM)
4. Hepatitis C antigen (HCV Ag)

How will you work up the Anemia?

1. Complete blood count
2. Blood indices
3. Reticulocytes count
4. Peripheral blood smear morphology
5. Sedimentation rate (ESR)
6. Total iron
7. Total Iron binding capacity  (TIBC)
8. Vitamin B 12
9. Folate level
10. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

What are the tests for myocardial injury  (Acute myocardial infarction)?

1. CK-MB
2. Troponin – I
3. Troponin-T
4. Creatine kinase (CK)
5. SGOT
6. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH

What are the tests for workup of Hypertension?

1. Basic metabolic panel
2. Thyroid function tests
3. urinalysis
4. Urinary free cortisol
5. urinary metanephrines
6. Renin level

What are the tests for the basic metabolic panel?

1. The basic metabolic panel consists of the following:
   1. Blood glucose level
   2. Serum calcium
   3. Serum Potassium
   4. Serum Sodium
   5. Chloride level
   6. Bicarbonate level
   7. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
   8. Serum creatinine level
2. HbA1c (Hemoglobin A1c)
3. Lipid profile which consists of :
   1. Serum cholesterol
   2. Triglycerides
   3. HDL
   4. LDL

How will you do a Bleeding disorder workup?

1. Prothrombin time
2. Thrombin time
3. Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
4. Platelet count
5. Bleeding time

How will you evaluate hemolysis?

1. Complete blood count (CBC)
2. Reticulocytes count
3. Bilirubin level
4. Free hemoglobin in serum
5. Free hemoglobin in the urine
6. Haptoglobin
7. Coombs test (Antiglobulin direct and indirect)
8. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

How will you diagnose Autoimmune diseases?

1. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
2. C-reactive protein
3. Complement 3 (C3)
4. Complement 4 (C4)
5. Antinuclear antibody (ANA)
6. Anti-DNA antibody
7. Antibody neutrophil cytoplasmic antigen (ANCA)
8. LE cell phenomenon

How will you diagnose Bone and Joint diseases?

1. Serum calcium level
2. serum phosphorus level
3. Osteocalcin
4. Total protein
5. Albumin
6. Uric acid
7. Alkaline phosphatase

How will you diagnose Arthritis?

1. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
2. Serum uric acid level
3. C-reactive protein
4. Antinuclear antibody (ANA)
5. Rheumatoid factor (RA factor)

How will you diagnose Hemochromatosis (Iron overload)?

1. Total serum iron
2. Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)
3. Transferrin saturation
4. Ferritin level
5. SGOT

How will you diagnose Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)?

1. Platelet count
2. Fibrinogen level
3. Fibrin split product
4. Thrombin time (TT)
5. Prothrombin time (PT)
6. Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
7. Complete blood count with peripheral smear

How will you diagnose pancreatitis?

1. Serum amylase level
2. Lipase level
3. Serum calcium total
4. serum calcium ionized
5. Triglycerides
6. Glucose

What are the Thyroid function tests?

1. For screening advice:
   1. Free T4
   2. TSH level
2. For complete workup advice:
   1. T3 (total and free T3)
   2. T4
   3. Free T4
   4. TSH
   5. thyroid antibody test
   6. Thyroglobulin level
   7. radioiodine uptake
   8. Calcitonin

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