| 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 |
