Test |
Performed On |
Abbreviation |
acetone |
urine |
|
acid phosphatase |
blood |
acid phos |
A/G ratio |
blood |
|
agglutinations |
blood |
|
albumin |
blood/urine/CSF |
|
alcohol |
blood |
|
aldolase |
blood |
|
alkaline phosphatase |
blood |
alk phos |
amino acids |
urine |
|
ammonia |
blood |
|
amylase |
blood/urine |
|
anion gap |
blood |
|
antinuclear antibodies |
blood |
ANA |
antibiotic sensitivity (AKA culture and sensitivity)
|
culture/any source |
C&S |
antistreptolysin O |
blood |
ASO titer |
bilirubin (direct and indirect) |
blood |
Bili |
bleeding time |
capillary blood |
|
blood gases
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
pH
pCO2 (carbon dioxide, partial pressure)
pO2 (oxygen, partial pressure) |
blood, venous & arterial |
|
blood sugar, glucose |
blood |
|
blood urea nitrogen |
blood serum |
BUN |
calcium |
blood |
C |
catecholamines |
urine |
|
chloride |
blood serum |
|
cholesterol |
blood serum |
|
chorionic gonadrotropin, human |
urine |
hCG |
clotting time or coagulation time |
blood |
PT&PTT |
cold agglutinins |
blood |
|
complete blood count |
blood |
CBC |
CBC/ differentials |
blood |
CBC with diff |
Coombs' (direct and indirect) |
blood |
|
creatinine phosphokinase |
blood |
CPK |
C-reactive protein |
blood |
CRP |
creatine |
blood serum |
|
creatinine |
blood serum |
|
creatinine clearance |
urine |
|
dehydroepianodrosterone |
blood |
DHEA |
deoxycortisol (11-dexoycortisol) |
blood |
|
electrocardiogram |
heart function |
ECG, EKG |
electroencephalogram |
brain waves |
EEG |
electrolytes
sodium, potassium, calcium,
magnesium, chloride, bicarbonate |
blood |
|
estriol |
urine |
|
ethanol (alcohol) |
blood |
|
fasting blood sugar |
blood |
FBS |
fibrinogen |
blood |
|
glucose (sugar) |
blood/urine/CSF |
|
glucose tolerance test |
blood/urine |
GT or GTT |
gravindex |
blood |
|
guaiac |
stool |
|
hepatitis associated antigen |
blood |
HAA |
haptoglobin |
blood |
|
Hemostix |
urine or blood - dipstick |
|
hematocrit |
blood |
HCT, Hct, H |
hemoglobin
electrophoresis, lupus
fetal hemoglobin
thermolabile hemoglobin |
blood |
HGB, Hgb, H |
heterophile antibody |
blood |
|
5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid |
blood |
5-HIAA |
human chorionic gonadotropin |
urine |
hCG |
human immunodeficiency virus |
blood |
HIV |
iron |
blood |
Fe |
iron binding capacity |
blood |
IBC or TIBC |
immunoglobins-various |
blood |
IgA
IgD
IgE
IgG
IgM |
ketones |
blood/urine |
|
lactate dehydrogenase |
blood |
LDH |
lupus erythematosus, systemic |
blood |
LE or SLE (prep) |
lipase |
blood |
|
lipoproteins |
blood |
|
magnesium |
blood |
M or mag (rare) |
Papanicolaou smear |
cells-from vagina/cervix |
pap smear |
partial thromboplastin time |
blood |
PTT |
protein bound iodine |
blood |
PBI |
pH |
blood/urine |
pH |
phenylketonuria |
blood |
PKU |
platelets
count, clot retraction, platelet
aggregation, platelet factor 1, 2, 3, and 4
reticulocyte count, vitamin B12 |
blood |
|
porphobilinogen |
urine |
porphy |
porphyrins |
urine |
" |
potassium |
blood |
K |
progesterone |
blood |
|
prostatic specific antigen |
blood |
PSA |
protein |
blood/urine |
|
prothrombin time
partial thromboplastin time |
blood serum |
PT or pro time
PTT |
rheumatoid arthritis |
blood |
RA/RA factor |
radioiodine uptake |
thyroid |
|
rapid plasma reagent |
blood |
RPR |
rubella antibody |
blood |
|
sedimentation rate, erythrocyte |
blood |
sed rate, ESR |
serology test, serologic reactions |
blood |
STS |
serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
blood |
SGOT |
serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase |
blood |
SGPT |
sickle cell test |
blood |
|
sodium |
blood |
Na |
sugar -glucose |
blood/urine/CSF |
|
testosterone |
blood |
|
thyroid
thyroid stimulating hormone
thyroid-binding globulin total
triiodothyronine by radioimmunoassay
reverse diiodothyronine total
thyroxine by radioimmunoassay
T3 resin uptake
free thyroxine index
T3
uptake
T4 |
blood |
TSH
T3
T4 |
thymol turbidity |
blood |
|
thyroxine |
blood |
T4 |
transaminase |
blood |
|
triglycerides |
blood |
|
uric acid |
blood |
|
urobilinogen |
blood |
|
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, syphilis
test |
blood |
VDRL |