Laboratory Procedures

Calcium is the most abundant cation in the body. Majority is found in bones and the remainder is in the blood. It is essential cofactor for many enzymes, participate in blood coagulation, and plays...

Measurement of Cancer Antigen 125 (CA 125) is useful for monitoring response to therapy with patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. Persistently rising CA 125 values may be associated with malign...

Cancer Antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) measurement is used as an aid in the management of pancreatic cancer patients. High CA 19-9 values have been observed in various gastrointestinal conditions, metastase...

  Cancer Antigen 72-4, or CA 72-4, is a protein often found in the blood when certain types of abnormal cell growth occur. While it is naturally present in some healthy tissues, higher leve...

  The CA 15-3 test is used to gauge the amount of cancer antigen 15-3 in your bloodstream. Physicians most commonly order it to track the treatment of breast cancer and watch for evidence o...

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant drug. It is used in the treatment of both generalized tonic-clonic and simple and complex partial seizures because of its inhibition of repetitive firing on neuro...

Measurement of serum carbon dioxide total ( CO2 ) is necessary for the evaluation of acid-base status. High CO2 content may be observed in compensated respiratory acidosis and metabolic alkalosis. ...

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) is a blood protein most commonly used as a tumor marker to help physicians monitor cancer treatment and cancer recurrence. A CEA test checks the level of this protein...

CSF Glucose levels is used in diagnosing possible nervous system infection. Decreased levels are normally seen in bacterial meningitis, and typically normal levels in viral meningitis.