Panel of Tests

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

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

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

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)

Anemia work up

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)

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

Hypertension workup

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

Diabetes mellitus workup

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

Bleeding disorder workup

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

To 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)

To diagnose Autoimmune disease

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

To 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

To 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)

To diagnose Hemochromatosis (Iron overload)

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

To 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

To diagnose pancreatitis

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

Thyroid function tests

1. For screening advice:
   1. Free T4
   2. TSH level
2. For complete work up 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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