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Basic Lab work

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

This test checks your Kidney and Liver Function, Electrolytes, blood sugar, and many more. In this comprehensive test, you get 15 total tests. **Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide, Calcium, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Alkaline Phosphates, Bilirubin Total, Aspartate Transaminase, Alanine Transaminase, Albumin, Total Protein, and Glucose levels** You will need to fast for this lab work.

A1C

With this test, you can determine if you are pre-diabetic or if you are a diabetic you can check to make sure your disease is under control. This test gives you a value and test for what your blood sugar has been running for approximately 2-3 months before the test. You have to be fasting for this test.

Type and Screen

This test can determine your blood type (A, B, AB, and O). The Rh factor determines if you are positive or negative. There are several benefits of knowing your blood type and Rh factor. So Rh factors tell if your red blood cells contain an antigen, which is a type of protein, that is on the surface of your red blood cells. If you have the antigen then you are positive and if not then you are negative. If you are negative for the antigen then donating blood would allow it to be given to anyone in need because the antigen could not be identified as foreign in the recipient's body. You do not have to be fasting for this test

​Prothrombin Time with INR

Screening test for abnormalities of coagulation factors that are involved in the extrinsic pathway. Also used to monitor effects of Warfarin therapy and to study patients with hereditary and acquired clotting disorders.

TB

Are you needing a TB test for school or pre-employment. As we do not offer TB skin test we do offer a lab draw which can be used in place of a TB skin test.

Lipid Panel

A lipid panel test your cholesterol levels. So in your blood you have a good cholesterol (HDL) and a bad cholesterol (LDL) and then you have Triglycerides other wise known as fat that stores excess energy from your diet. So when you have an elevated triglyceride level and a high LDL or a low HDL it can increase your risk for heart attack or stroke. You do not have to be fasting for this test.

CBC

This test is used as a screening for various diseases like Anemia, leukemia, and inflammatory process. All included in this particular test are white blood count, red blood count, hemoglobin, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Platelet count, MPV and Differential, Absolute and percent of Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, and Basophils. You do not have to be fasting for this test

BMP

This panel of lab work consist of a group of 8 specific test providing information on an individuals blood electrolytes, glucose levels, kidney status, and acid-base balance. This panel is usually ordered as part of your yearly health examination. You will have to be fasting for this test.

Uric Acid

Measurements from the Serum uric acid are useful with diagnosing and treating several renal and metabolic disorders, including renal failure, gout, leukemia, psoriasis, starvations or other wasting conditions, and in patients who had received cytotoxic drugs. You do not have to be fasting for this.

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)

A protein normally found in a developing baby in the womb. The level of CEA disappears or is very low after birth. An elevated CEA for adults can be a sign of cancer.

Creatinine

The liver produces creatine, which the muscles use as an energy source. During normal muscular use, some creatine will be broken down into creatinine as a waste product by the muscles. Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys, where it is filtered and eliminated from the body through urine. If creatinine levels are high, it may be an indication that the kidneys are not able to adequately remove it from the blood. Creatinine levels can rise because of muscle breakdown caused by high-volume, intense training and competition.

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a form of nitrogen found in urea, a waste product created during protein metabolism. As proteins are broken down into amino acids, these amino acids are then broken down and converted into ammonia, which the liver then converts into a less toxic substance called urea. Urea is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys, where it is filtered and eliminated from the body through urine. BUN provides an important measure of your muscle status and is an indication that your body is breaking down valuable proteins, such as muscle.

Bilirubin

Bilirubin is a yellowish substance found in bile, a fluid produced and released by the liver. This waste product is produced during the normal breakdown of red blood cells. In the body, red blood cells have a life span of about 120 days, after which older red blood cells are destroyed as new ones are made. Bilirubin passes through the liver and is eventually excreted out of the body. Measuring bilirubin is helpful in evaluating red blood cell breakdown, liver function, anemia, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin).

Sickle Cell Anemia

This is a screening test to determine the presence of sickling hemoglobins.  It is important to detect Hb-S in order to determine which individuals are at risk of crisis when exposed to prolonged anoxia such as may occur during surgery, athletic programs or high altitude conditions.

Copper Exposure

This test will see if you have been exposed to copper, a heavy metal, in your blood stream.

Heavy Metal Exposure

Useful in the diagnosis of toxicity due to Arsenic, Lead or Mercury.

Ask us about our combined panels for a full health check up. 

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