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Home » Other » Lab Tests

Lab Tests

Page Contents

  • 1 OVERVIEW
  • 2 CHEMISTRY
  • 3 HEMATOLOGY
  • 4 MICROSCOPY
OVERVIEW

This page is designed in order to give some relevant information on some of the lab tests that are ordered commonly in a clinical setting. They are grouped together by type.

CHEMISTRY

Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)

Hepatic function panel/liver function tests (LFTs)

Lipid panel

Troponin I

HEMATOLOGY

CBC with platelets

D-dimer

MICROSCOPY

Ova and Parasite Test (O&P)