On Demand Medical Testing

NSE is useful in monitoring disease progression and therapy in patients with small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors such as neuroblastoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, and pheochromocytoma, and other malignancies such as pancreatic islet cell carcinoma

Prealbumin is decreased in protein-calorie malnutrition, liver disease, and acute inflammation. It may be used as an indicator of nutritional requirements and response to therapy during total parenteral nutrition and as a biochemical marker of nutritional adequacy in premature infants.

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.

A progesterone test measures the amount of the hormone progesterone in a blood sample.

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen in the blood.

Albumin, BUN/Creatinine Ratio (calculated), Calcium, Carbon Dioxide, Creatinine, Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (calculated), Glucose, Phosphate (as Phosphorus), Potassium, Sodium, Urea Nitrogen

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A rheumatoid factor (RF) blood test measures the amount of the RF antibody present in the blood.

A rubella blood test detects antibodies that are made by the immune system to help kill the rubella virus.

The sedimentation rate (sed rate) blood test measures how quickly red blood cells (erythrocytes) settle in a test tube in one hour. The more red cells that fall to the bottom of the test tube in one hour, the higher the sed rate.

When inflammation is present in the body, certain proteins cause red blood cells to stick together and fall more quickly than normal to the bottom of the tube. These proteins are produced by the liver and the immune system under many abnormal conditions, such as an infection, an autoimmune disease, or cancer.

There are many possible causes of a high sedimentation rate. For this reason, a sed rate is done with other tests to confirm a diagnosis. After a diagnosis has been made, a sed rate can be done to help check on the disease or see how well treatment is working.