Laboratory Tests and Interpretation (PART I)

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PURPOSES OF DIAGNOSTIC AND LABORATORY TESTS

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ü Screening
ü Diagnosis
ü Monitoring
ü Prognosis
ü Patient management

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consists of studying patients who do not yet present any signs or symptoms of a specific illness in order to find out if it has begun to quietly develop

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Screening

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to identify risk factors for disease and to detect occult disease in asymptomatic persons

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Screening

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used for mass screening

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Screening

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Example of Cancerscreening

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• Mammogram
• Pap and HPV Testing
• Prostate-Specific Antigen Tes

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Example of New born screening

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• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  Galactosemia
• Phenylketonuria
• G6PD deficienc

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this is triggered by food (soy, beans) and drugs (alcohol, aspirin, vit. C)

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G6PD deficiency

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is the process of finding out if a patient has a specific disease

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Diagnosis

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to help establish or exclude the presence of disease in symptomatic persons

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Diagnosis

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Test for DM

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Glycosylated hemoglobin (HBA1c)

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Test for Heparin anticoagulation

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PTT

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Test for CKD

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Creatinine levels

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Test for Hyperlipidemia

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Lipid profile

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Test for IDA

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Reticulocyte count and hemoglobin