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