Laboratory Procedures

This test is used to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes. An oral glucose tolerance test is a series of blood glucose measurements taken after intake of a specific amount of glucose load. This test i...

The serum osmolality is a measure of the different solutes in plasma. Among other applications, serum osmolality is indicated to evaluate the etiology of hyponatremia and may be used to screen for ...

Urine osmolality is used to measure the number of dissolved particles per unit of water in the urine. Urine osmolality is useful in diagnosing disorders of urinary concentration such diabetes insip...

Osteocalcin is used in monitoring and assessing effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy in patients treated for osteopenia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, or other disorders in which osteocalcin le...

The Albumin-OBF test assist in identifying the cause of ascites. It aids in differentiating exudative and transudative pleural effusions.

The Amylase-OBF assay is used for the quantification of amylase in body fluid specimens. Body fluid amylase activity may become elevated due to the presence of pancreatitis, esophageal rupture, or ...

The Urea Nitrogen-OBF test aids in the identification of the prescence of urine that causes fluid accumulation in a body compartment. It also assesses the adequacy of peritoneal dialysis treatment ...

Measurment of Chloride body fluid should be interpreted in the context of source and in correlation with serum results and/or other clinical evidence.

Measurement of Cholesterol in body fluids other than blood is useful in evaluation of different diseases such as cholesterol pericarditis, differentiation of exudates and transudates, and in distin...