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Click on the items below for details about these common lab tests ordered by your doctor. There is a description of each and an explanation of why the test may be ordered and what the results mean.

Liver Ultrasonography
Blood Bilirubin
Plasma Thrombin Time
Arterial Blood Gases
Blood Protein
Lipoproteins (Cholesterol)
Acid Phosphatase
Blood (Sreum) Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase(SGOT)
Blood Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase(SGPT)
Alkaline Phosphatase
Anti-Nuclear Antibodies
Causes of Positive Antinuclear Antibodies
Blood Ferritin (Iron)
Blood Folic Acid
5NT
Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)
Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
Plasma Ammonia
Total Protein test

Blood Chemistry Definitions


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