Common Lab Tests

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

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