LABORATORY TESTS

Basic analytical tests:

  • Pregnancy test (urine)

 

Blood tests:

  • CRP – acute-phase protein
  • Total direct bilirubin
  • Complete blood count with blood smear
  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • Platelet count
  • Reticulocytes

 

Serology blood tests:

  •  Blood group
  •  Presence of immune antibodies

 

Blood clotting tests:

  • Fibrinogen, D-dimers (fibrinogen degradation products)
  • Antithrombin III activity
  • Protein C activity and free protein S
  • Prothrombin time and ratio (PT)
  • Kaolin-activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
  • Thrombin time (TT)
  • Factor V Leiden (meth. PCR)

 

Biochemical tests:

  • Total protein, albumin, protein electrophoresis
  • Lipid profile – total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides
  • Electrolytes – Na, K, Mg, Ca
  • Liver function panel – AspAT, A1AT, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), GGT, total bilirubin
  • Kidney function panel – Na, K, urea, creatinine – creatinine clearance, uric acid
  • Pancreas function panel – lipase, amylase
  • Bone health panel – calcium (Ca) total and ionized, inorganic phosphorus (P), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) + bone isoenzyme, parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin, osteocalcin, C-telopeptide of type I collagen, Pyrilinks-D in urine, vitamin D3
  • Diabetes screening tests – fasting blood sugar, daily glucose profile, 50 g and 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), insulin, C-peptide
  • Iron management and anemia screening tests – iron, ferritin, transferrin, iron binding capacity, TIBC, UIBC, erythropoietin, folic acid, vitamin B12

 

Inflammatory markers:

  • CRP – quantitative
  • Procalcitonin – quantitative
  • ASO – quantitative
  • Rheumatoid factor (RF) – quantitative
  • Waaler-Rose test

 

Infectious markers:

VDRL – confirmatory test and serological screening for:

  • Chlamydia
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Smallpox
  • Measles
  • Rubella
  • Cytomegaly
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • Syphilis
  • Viral hepatitis (hepatitis B, C, E, A)
  • HIV
  • Parvovirus B19

 

Cancer screening:

  • CEA – carcinoembryonic antigen
  • AFP – alpha-fetoprotein
  • CA-125
  • CA 15-3
  • CA 19-9
  • SCC-Ag
  • Cyfra 21-1
  • CA 72-4
  • Beta-2 microglobulin
  • BRCA 1 (meth. PCR)

 

Hormonal tests:

  • TSH – thyroid stimulating hormone level
  • Levels of thyroid hormones: T3, T4, FT3, FT4
  • PRL – prolactin levels
  • FSH – follicle stimulating hormone
  • LH – luteinizing hormone
  • E2 – estradiol, E3 – estriol
  • P – progesterone, 17 (OH) progesterone
  • Total HCG levels, βHCG – free subunit
  • T – testosterone+ free fraction (fT), DHEA-S, DHEA, androstenedione (AS), SHBG – sex hormone-binding globulin
  • ACTH, cortisol – levels in serum and 24-hour urine
  • Aldosterone levels in serum and 24-hour urine
  • 17-ketosteroids, 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in 24-hour urine
  • FMF risk assessment for chromosomal defects (βHCG free subunit + PAPP-A) – KRYPTOR

 

Microbiological tests (bacteriological and mycological):

  • Smear from vagina, urethra area, cervical canal, rectum area – for screening purposes (e.g. Group B Streptococcus (GBS)), or for culturing and antibiotic susceptibility testing
  • Swab of discharge from the breast, Bartholin’s gland, wounds, ulcers – for culturing and antibiotic susceptibility testing