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Available Tests

ProCare Medical Laboratory’s Available Tests

  • Related tests you can do:
  • Cortisol, ACTH, Testosterone, Androstenedione

  • Sample Type:
  • Blood
  • Fasting required:
  • N/A

  • Turn around time:
  • 5 days


  • Test done to screen for, detect, and monitor treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia, sometimes to help rule out other conditions with similar symptoms
  • Related tests you can do:
  • FSH, LH, Progesterone, Testosterone

  • Sample Type:
  • Blood
  • Fasting required:
  • N/A

  • Turn around time:
  • 1 day


  • To detect hormonal imbalance, monitor treatment for infertility and menopaus
  • Related tests you can do:
  • Serum Calcium, Ionised calcium, Vitamin D, Phosphorus

  • Sample Type:
  • Urine
  • Fasting required:
  • N/A

  • Turn around time:  
  • 1 day 



    • Test to detect the concentration of calcium in urine for a period of 24Hr in patients having kidney, parathyroid, bone and metabolic disorders
    • Related tests you can do:
    • Urea, Serum Creatinine, electrolytes

    • Sample Type:
    • Urine
    • Fasting required:
    • N/A

    • Turn around time:
    • 1 day

  • Test to measure how well creatinine is excreted from the blood by the kidneys. This test gives better information, compared to blood creatinine test, and how well the kidneys are functioning. The test is done on both a blood sample and a sample of urine collecte
  • Related tests you can do:
  • Urea, Electrolytes, Creatinine

  • Sample Type:
  • Urine
  • Fasting required:
  • N/A

  • Turn around time:
  • 1 day


  • A 24 Hr urine collection helps to assess renal funtion and related treatments.
  • Related tests you can do:
  • Urea, Creatinine, Urine protein

  • Sample Type:
  • Urine
  • Fasting required:
  • N/A

  • Turn around time:
  • 1 day


  • Test to measure how well creatinine is excreted from the blood by the kidneys. This test gives better information, compared to blood creatinine test, and how well the kidneys are functioning. The test is done on both a blood sample and a sample of urine collected
    • Related tests you can do:
    • Urea, Creatinine, Urine protein

    • Sample Type:
    • Urine
    • Fasting required:
    • N/A

    • Turn around time:
    • 1 day


    • Test to detect excessive protein being lost into the urine for a period of 24hr, to help evaluate, monitor kidney function and detect kidney damage.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Catecolamines, Urine metanephrines

        • Sample Type:
        • Urine
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 14 days


        • A 24 hr urine collection that helps to diagnose or rule out a neuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma, or other neuroendocrine tumor; to monitor the effectiveness of related treatment.

        A

        • Related tests you can do:
        • LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • Test done to determine if you have been exposed to and/or poisoned by certain organophosphate chemicals found in pesticides, to monitor cholinesterase levels if you work with pesticides.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • CRP, FBC, Urea, Creatinine, PSA Total and Free, Urine analysis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 days


        • Screens for or monitors prostatic inflammation and/ or cancer in adults.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • PT, INR, FBC, Lupus anticoagulants

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood

        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Test done to screen and monitor bleeding disorders as well as factor deficiencies; to monitor standard heparin anticoagulant therapy.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Cortisol

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Test done to diagnose adrenal and pitutary diseases (Cushing Syndrome, Addison disease and pituitary tumors)
        • Related tests you can do:
        • SGOT, Alkaline phosphatases, Gamma GT, Bilirubin, Hepatitis profile, Protein Total, Albumin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnoses for ” Liver/ Heart diseases ” . Detects any damages in liver or heart; also used to detect Muscle, Kidney and Heart disorders.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Creatinine, Globulin, Protein Electrophoresis, Urine biochemicals

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for and help in the diagnosis of ” liver disorders or kidney diseases ” as well as for the evaluation of nutritional status.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Test done to detect the presence of Ethyl Glucuronide (Metabolite of beverage alcohol) in the urine
        • Related tests you can do:
        • SGOT, SGPT, Gamma GT, Bilirubin, Calcium, Phosphorus, Ionised Calcium, Vitamin D

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for or used in the monitoring of treatment for ” Liver or Bone disorders “.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Beta HCG

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Test done to screen and monitor hepatocellular carcinoma, testicular, ovarian, GIT, pulmonary cancer and foetal abnormalities like Neural Tube Defect

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        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 20 days


        • Test done to detect and diagnose certain birth defects, genetic diseases, and chromosomal abnormalities in a fetus, especially if maternal serum screening tests are abnormal; to evaluate fetal lung maturity when there is an increased risk of premature delivery; so
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lipase, Trypsin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood/Urine
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnoses and monitors for ” Pancreatitis ” (acute and chronic) that could cause abdominal pain, fever, loss of appetite, or nausea.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • DHEAS, Testosterone, 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, Cortisol, ACTH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, 17B-Estradiol

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to help evaluate adrenal gland function; to detect adrenal tumors or cancers; to monitor treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Test done to help determine the cause of male physical characteristics (virilization) in females or early puberty
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ANA, ENA Panel

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test primarily ordered to help diagnose limited cutaneous scleroderma, a form of systemic scleroderma, and CREST syndrome. The test may be used to distinguish between this and other conditions with similar symptoms.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ANA, ENA Panel, Antiphospholipid antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • To help diagnose and monitor systemic lupus erythematosus.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ANA, LFT, Anti smooth muscle antibodies, LKM-1 antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to help diagnose primary biliary cirrhosis and other autoimmune diseases of liver.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FSH, LH, 17B-Estradiol, Testosterone, Progesterone

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • In women, to evaluate ovarian function, fertility and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) or to evaluate the effectiveness of ovarian cancer treatment. In an infant, to evaluate the presence of external sex organs that are not clearly male or female (ambiguous geni
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, ESR, CRP, Complement C3 and C4

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to help detect, aid in the diagnosis of, and sometimes monitor certain forms of the autoimmune disorder systemic vasculitis. Test done to help distinguish between Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, the two most common types of inflammatory bowel disea
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ENA Panel, CRP, Anti-dsDNA, Anti-centromere Antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 – 5 days


        • Test done to evaluate for certain autoimmune disorders whereby autoantibodies bind to certain places in the nucleus of tissues and organs, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren syndrome, among other types.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lupus anticoagulant, Cardiolipin antibodies, aPTT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • Test done to help investigate inappropriate blood clot formation, to help determine the cause of recurrent miscarriage, to evaluate a prolonged aPTT, as part of an evaluation for antiphospholipid syndrome, sometimes to help diagnose or evaluate an autoimmune disor
        • Related tests you can do:
        • CRP, FBC, ESR

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Help to determine recent streptococcus infections and related complications
        • Related tests you can do:
        • aPTT, PT, Lupus anticoagulant, Antiphospholipid antibodies, Protein C, Protein S

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • Test done along with other tests for excessive clotting disorders, to investigate the cause of recurrent blood clot formation. Testing evaluates the activity (function) and the amount (quantity) of antithrombin.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • SGPT, Alkaline phosphatases, Gamma GT, Bilirubin, Hepatitis profile, Protein Total, Albumin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnoses for ” Liver/ Heart diseases ” . Detects any damages in liver or heart; also used to detect Muscle, Kidney and Heart disorders.

        B

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Electrolytes, Blood Gas, Urea, Creatinine

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Identifies and monitors Acid-based imbalance in kidney disorders, dehydration, high blood pressure and ventillation problems.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, SGOT, SGPT, Alkaline phosphatases, Gammy GT, Hepatitis profile, Haptoglobin, Urine biochemicals

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for or monitors the ” Liver and Gall bladder’s ” disorder or hemolytic anemia; also diagnoses for neonatal jaundice.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • INR

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Monitors how quickly blood clots to stop bleeding. It is a basic assessment of how well your blood platelets work -form clots. Platelets are tiny cell fragments that circulate in your blood. They seal off the wound to prevent more blood from escaping.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • Test to check for presence of systemic infections; to detect and identify bacteria or yeast in the blood in cases of high fever and severe infection.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Rhesus antibodies Screening, Coombs Test

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To determine the ABO blood group and Rhesus type prior to surgery or in cases of pregancies.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Philadelphia Chromosomes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • Test done in cases of complicated blood disorders like anaemia and leukemias.
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 – 12 days


        • To help in the detection, diagnosis and evaluation of the severity of congestive heart failure.

        C

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Calcium, TFT, Thyroglobulin, CEA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test primarily used to help diagnose C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid cancer, to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment, and to monitor those affected for recurrence. It is also ordered to screen for medullary thyroid cancer in family members of people with the thyroid cancer.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Vitamin D, Phosphorus, Ionised Calcium, PTH

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnose the ” Total body Calcium level “. Screens for, diagnose, and monitors a range of conditions like Muscle functioning, Nervous conduction, Bones, Kidney, Thyroid and Parathyroid functions.


        • Related tests you can do:

        • BRCA-1, BRCA-2

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 – 2 days


        • To monitor treatment for ovarian cancer or to detect recurrence as well as the evaluation of pelvic mass
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Oestrogen, Progesterone, CEA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Test done to screen and monitor patient with breast cancer depending upon the tumor stages.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • LFT, CEA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Test done to screen and monitor pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary tract inflammation, colorectal cancer and cystic fibrosis
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT, CA 19-9, AFP

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days





        • Test done to diagnose and manage certain types of cancers especially cancers of the large intestine and rectum.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lupus anticoagulant, Antiphopholipid antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 7 days


        • To help investigate inappropriate blood clot formation, to help determine the cause of recurrent miscarriage, or as part of an evaluation for antiphospholipid syndrome or sometimes other autoimmune diseases
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Blood culture, FBC

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Test done to diagnose a disease or condition affecting the central nervous system such as infection, bleeding within the brain or skull, cancer or autoimmune disorder
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Copper

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test used primarily, along with blood and/or urine copper tests, to help diagnose Wilson disease, a rare inherited disorder associated with excess storage of copper in the liver, brain, and other organs, and with decreased levels of ceruloplasmin.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, ESR, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to detect the mosquito-borne virus Chikungunya in human blood
        • Related tests you can do:
        • TORCH

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • For Screening or diagnosis of  chlamydia infection.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lipid profile, LDL, Triglycerides

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • 12hrs – 14hrs

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnose the risk of developing heart diseases. An elevated High-density lipoprotein (HDL) in blood decreases the risk of plaques formation by removing excess cholesterol from the blood thus lowering the risk of heart attack or stroke. However, over excessive HDL
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lipid profile, HDL, Triglycerides, APO-A, APO-B

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • 12hrs – 14hrs

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnose the risk of developing heart diseases. Disproportional Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is considered to be undesirable because it aids excessive cholesterol clog in blood vessel walls leading to hardening of the arteries and heart disease.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Lipid profile, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • 12hrs – 14hrs

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnose the presence of excessive ” Cholesterol ” in blood that could lead to the formation of plaques thus resulting in High Blood Pressure and heart diseases.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Amniotic Fluid Analysis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 20 days


        • Test done to detect chromosome abnormalities, thus to help diagnose genetic diseases, some birth defects, and certain hematologic and lymphoid disorders
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Paul Bunnell

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • A cold agglutinin test may be used to help detect cold agglutinin disease and determine the cause of a person’s haemolytic anaemia.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ESR, CRP, Rheumatoid factor, ANA, ENA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • Monitors the activity and treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune complex-related diseases. To determine whether deficiencies or abnormalities in complement system proteins are contributing to infections or increased autoimmune activity.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Ceruloplasmin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test to measure the amount of copper in the blood, urine, or liver tissue, to help diagnose and monitor Wilson disease, sometimes to identify copper deficiency or excess
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ACTH, Aldosterone, 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, Growth Hormone

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • For diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome and adrenal insufficiency
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FPG, HbA1c, Total Insulin Level

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Test done to evaluate the insulin production by the beta cells or to determine the cause of low blood glucose.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, ESR, CRP, Rheumatoid Factor, Uric acid

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day



        • Test to identify the presence of inflammation and monitor response to treatment
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Myoglobin, CK-MB, AST, ALT, LDH, Troponin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Detects, monitors and diagnoses condition associated to muscle damage; or possibility of  heart attack.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Myoglobin, CK, Troponin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day







        • To distinguish between skeletal muscle or heart muscle damage. It is one of the most sensitive and most specific indicator available for the diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Urine biochemicals, Urine creatinine clearance

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood/Urine
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Monitors for the proper “functioning of your kidney”; diagnosis and monitoring of treatment for kidney diseases.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Rheumatoid factor, ESR, Uric Acid

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days 


        • Test done to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and differentiate it from other types of arthritis; to help evaluate the prognosis of a person with RA
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Cyclosporine is a cyclic polypeptitde widely used as an immunosuppressant, especially following organ transplants.  The test is used to monitor the therapeutic level.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, CSF analysis, Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Herpes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3  days


        • To determine prior infection with CMV for purposes of organ transplant, provision of blood and blood fractions to selected recipients and screening for pregnant women.

        D

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Testosterone, ACTH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, 17B-Estradiol, 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, Androstenedione

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • Test done to evaluate adrenal gland function, to detect adrenal tumors or cancers, to help determine the cause of masculine physical characteristics (virilization) in girls and women or early puberty in boys.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Blood Group, Rhesus Typing, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Used in the detection of antibodies or complement proteins that are bound to the the surface of red blood cells that can cause haemolytic anaemia
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same Day


        • To rule out clotting (thrombotic) episodes and to help diagnose conditions related to thrombosis
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Second Trimester Maternal Serum Screening

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 20 days


        • Test done (between 11 to 14 weeks of pregnancy) to assess the risk of a foetus having a chromosomal abnormality, such as Down syndrome (trisomy 21) or Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

        E

        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Swab
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • To detect infection and its subsequent sensitivity is carried out.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Creatinine, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Bicarbonate

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood/Urine
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Detects any imbalance in the body’s ” Electrolyte (Sodium, Potassium, Chloride) ” as well as Acid-based imbalances that might occur due to dehydration, renal impairment, low and high blood pressure.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, CRP, Uric Acid, ANA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for and monitors the non-specific inflammation in body. It is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a period of one hour.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FSH, LH, Progesterone, Testosterone

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To detect hormonal imbalance, monitor treatment for infertility and menopause
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ANA, Anti dsDNA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/At

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        To diagnose and distinguish between common autoimmune disorders as well as to monitor autoimmune disease progression

        F

        • Related tests you can do:
        • OGTT, HbA1c, RBS, Urine microalbumin, Urine biochemical

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • 8hrs – 12hrs

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Monitors your ” Blood Glucose Level ” and used to screen for “Pre-diabetic & Diabetic conditions” known as hyperglycemic & hypoglycemic conditions.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Iron, Hb electrophoresis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same Day


        Useful in the differential diagnosis of hypo chromic, microcytic anemias.

        • Related tests you can do:
        • PT, INR, aPTT, D-Dimer, FBC

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        To investigate  possible bleeding disorder or blood clot

        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood/Urine/Aspirate
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        Diagnoses to detect cancer cells and certain other cells

        • Related tests you can do:
        • 17B-Estradiol, LH, Testosterone, Progesterone, Prolactin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To evaluate fertility issues, function of reproductive organs or pituitary functions. It also help in the evaluation of early or delayed sexual maturation in children.
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Assess the free (bioactive) insulin concentrations in patients with known or suspected insulin antibodies
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ESR, Ferritin, Hb Electrophoresis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for, diagnoses, or monitors a variety of diseases and conditions that affect blood cells such as anemia, infections, inflammation, bleeding disorders or cancer.

        G

        • Related tests you can do:
        • SGOT, SGPT, Alkaline phosphatases, Bilirubin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Diagnoses for ” Liver or bile duct ” diseases; also screens for any alcohol abuse affecting the liver functioning.

         

        • Related tests you can do:
        • FPG, HbA1c, Fructosamine, C-peptide, Insulin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



        • Diagnoses how well your body is able to break down glucose and help in determining types of diabetic condition.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Cpep, Insulin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • A GAD test is a blood test which measures whether the body is producing a type of antibody which destroys its own GAD cells. In type 1 diabetes, a number of autoantibodies are thought to circulate including those which target glutamic acid decarboxylase.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FPG, Urine biochemicals, Fructosamine, Urine microalbumin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To Monitor diabetes over last 3 months and helps in the planning of the treatment. Helps identify patients with high risk of developing diabetes and serves as a diagnostic test for diabetes.

        H

        • Related tests you can do:
        • OGTT, HbA1c, RBS, Urine microalbumin, Urine biochemicals

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day



        • Diagnosis to evaluate the haemoglobin content of the blood; screen for and help diagnose conditions that affect red blood cells.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Ferritin, TIBC

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 7 days


        • Test use to measure and identify the different types of haemoglobin (A, F, C,D,E, M, S and other) in bloodstream.

         

        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT, Reticulocute count, Direct Coombs Test

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • To detect and evaluate haemolytic anaemia
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



        • To help diagnose the cause of acute Hepatitis
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To screen for the diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days



        • Used for the confirmation of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and provides a quantification of the HBV DNA in patients with chronic HBV infection. Useful in the monitoring of the disease progression and response to the anti-HBV therapy
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To screen for and diagnose Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and to monitor treatment of the infection
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Determines the hepatitis C virus genotype to guide antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 10 days


        • Test done for detection and confirmation of chronic HCV infection. Used for quantification of the HCV RNA of patients with chronic HCV infection thus monitoring the progression of the infection as well as its response to anti-HCV therapy
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, CSF analysis, Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, CMV

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days


        • To screen for or diagnose infection with the herpes simplex virus (HSV)
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Vitamin B12, Folate Level

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



        • Test done to diagnose patient with Folate and Vitamin B12 deficiency. In cases of high risk of stroke and/or heart attack, homocysteine level is suggested just like patinet having homocystinuria.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Progesterone, Urine Pregnancy Test

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



        • To confirm pregnancy, identify ectopic pregnancy, to monitor pregnancy that may be at risk of failing
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, p24 antigen, CD4 and CD8, HIV viral load

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To determine if you are infected with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • To determine if you are infected with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

        I

        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Diagnosis and monitoring of monoclonal gammopathies when used in conjunction with urine monoclonal studies
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Stool microscopy

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Test done to screen for an allergic diseases as well as parasitic infection
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Protein TAG, Serum electrophoresis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Test done to evaluate immune system status, to detect and monitor an excess or deficiency in one or more of the immunoglobulin classes (IgG, IgA and IgM)
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Blood Group, Rhesus Typing, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 days


        • Used in prenatal testing of pregnant women or used for blood testing prior to transfusion. It also detects unbound antibodies in the bloodstream.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • TFT, OGTT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to help diagnose growth hormone deficiency or, less commonly, growth hormone excess, to evaluate pituitary function, to monitor the effectiveness of growth hormone treatment
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Measurement of IGF2 in blood and genetic and epigenetic tests of the IGF2 gene may help assess cancer risk and prognosis.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, PT, PTTK, Lupus anticoagulants

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • International Normalised Ratio test done to monitor clotting time of blood of patients on drugs such as Warfarin
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Phosphorus, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Total Proteins, Albumin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Monitors the amount of ” active calcium ” present in the body; diagnosis also done in cases where body proteins and total calcium level are not in normal range.

        L

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Blood gas, Electrolytes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



        • Diagnoses for hypoxia, heart disorders, renal problems, blood flow problems, haemolytic anaemia, muscle injury and cramps
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • Detects lead toxicity especially in cases of occupational exposure
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Creatinine, LFT

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Test done to detect for Leptospira bacteria in human blood that could have been infected by mammals
        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Used in the investigation of pancreatic disorders such as pancreatitis
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Creatinine, TSH

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 days


        • Monitors the ” Lithium levels ” in the blood in order to maintain a therapeutic level or detect its toxicity level in patients on established drugs.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • LFT, ANA, Anti smooth muscle antibodies, Antimitochondrial antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • The liver kidney microsome type 1 antibody test is primarily used along with a smooth muscle antibody and an antinuclear antibodies test to help diagnose autoimmune hepatitis and to differentiate between the two major types, type 1 and type 2.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Cardiolipin antibodies, aPTT, Antiphopholipid antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days



        • Test done to help investigate the cause of a blood clot (thrombotic episode); to evaluate a prolonged partial thromboplastin time (PTT); to help determine the cause of recurrent miscarriages, or as part of an evaluation for antiphospholipid syndrome.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • ANA, ENA, Lupus anticoagulants, C3, C4

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • L.E cells test done to screen for auto-immune disorders
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FSH,Testosterone, Progesterone, 17B-Estradiol, Prolactin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To evaluate fertility issues, function of reproductive organs or to detect ovulation and evaluate pituitary functions. It also help in the evaluation of early or delayed sexual maturation in children.

        M

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorus, PTH, Vitamin D

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Monitors the ” Level of Magnesium” in the body as a deficiency could cause Nausea, Muscle cramps, changes in Heart beats rate, Intestinal malabsorption and Bone problems.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • CK, CK-MB, Troponin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 days



        • Diagnoses for any heart and skeletal muscle damage.

        O

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urea, Creatinine, FPG, Electrolytes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        Test done to help evaluate the body’s water and electrolyte balance, to investigate low sodium levels in the blood and increased or decreased urine production, to detect alcohol poisoning due to ingestion of toxins such as methanol or ethylene glycol

        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, LFT, Haemoglobin Electrophoresis

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • An osmotic fragility test is performed to detect whether red blood cells are more likely to break down and to diagnose two hereditary conditions: thalassemia and hereditary spherocytosis.

        P

        • Related tests you can do:

        • Sample Type:
        • Smear
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days


        • Screening for cervical carcinoma and a number of infections of the female genital tract including human papillomavirus, herpes, Candida , and Trichomonas
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Calcium, Phosphorus, Vitamin D, Magnesium

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To determine the cause of calcium imbalance and to evaluate parathyroid function
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, CRP, TORCH

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days



        • Test done to detect and help diagnose of infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Calcium, PTH, Electrolytes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day



        • Monitors the level of phosphorus in body pertaining to disorders related to kidney, bone and parathyroid gland.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, PT, INR, PTTK, LFT, Anti-platelets antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Primarily to monitor platelets level in blood, bleeding disorders and also related to liver diseases.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • 17B-Estradiol, FSH, LH

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day 


        • Help in determining the causes of infertility, help diagnose ectopic pregnancy or abnormal uterine bleeding
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FSH, LH, Testosterone, DHEAS, 17B-Estradiol, Progesterone

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To investigate the unexplained flow of breast milk, absence of menstrual period or infertility in women, monitoring of decreased libido in men. It also helps in the detection and monitoring of prolactin-producing pituitary tumour (prolactinoma)
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urine MCS, PSA Total

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day



         To  screen for prostate cancer or benign prostatic hypertrophy in cases where Total PSA is high.

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Urine MCS, PSA Free

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        To screen and monitor prostate cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy and inflammatory conditions of genitourinary tissues

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Serum Proteins, Albumin, Urine proteins

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 7 days






        • Test used to identify the presence of abnormal proteins, to identify the absence of normal proteins, and to determine when different groups of proteins are present in unusually high or low amounts in blood or other body fluids.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Antithrombin, Lupus anticoagulant

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • Test done to help evaluate inappropriate blood clot formation (thrombotic episode or thromboembolism), to determine whether you may have a protein C or protein S deficiency
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Antithrombin, Lupus anticoagulant

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 15 days



        • Protein S is a normal substance in your body that prevents blood clotting. A blood test can be done to see how much of this protein you have in your blood.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, INR, PTTK, Lupus anticoagulants

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Screens for and monitors the bleeding disorders and factor deficiencies.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Blood culture

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 5 days



        To detect bacterial infection and to determine which specific bacteria are present. The bacteria present is then isolated and grown for subsequent susceptibility testing

        R

        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Iron, Transferrin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days



        Test done to monitor patients on iron therapies, renal disorders and anaemias or Chemotherapy patients

        • Related tests you can do:
        • Blood grouping, Rhesus antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To detect antibodies directed against red blood cells antigens in cases of anaemia or jaundice.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Uric acid, CRP, anti-CCP, FBC, ESR, ANA

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • To help diagnose Rheumatoid Arthritis by an antigen-antibody reaction in patient having joint pain and inflammation.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • RheumatoiD factor, ESR, ANA, CRP, Anti-CCP

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days






        • Test done to diagnose Rheumatoid Arthritis in patients by haemmaglutination.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, CSF analysis, Toxoplasmosis, CMV, Herpes

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Test done to determine present or past infection of Rubella

        S

        • Related tests you can do:
        • First Trimester Maternal Serum Screening, Oestrogen

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 20 days


        • Test done (between 15 to 20 weeks of pregnancy) to assess the risk of a foetus having certain chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down syndrome (trisomy 21) or Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18), and open neural tube defects, such as spina bifida
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Antisperm Antibody Test, FSH, LH, Testosterone, Prolactin, Urine MCS

        • Sample Type:
        • Semen
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 3 days


        • Test done to evaluate certain characteristics of a male’s semen and the sperm contained therein. It is done to help evaluate male fertility, whether for those seeking pregnancy or verifying the success of vasectomy.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • Stool H.pylori antigen

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • Same day


        • Test to diagnose an infection due to the bacteria and to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. H. pylori infection is associated with an increased risk of developing ulcers (peptic ulcer disease), chronic gastritis, and gastric (stomach) cancer.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Iron, Vitamin B12
        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 2 days


        • Diagnoses for any deficiencies and to help detect the causes of certain anemias such as pernicious anemia (an autoimmune disease that affects the absorption of B12) or neuropathy. To evaluate nutritional status in some people; to monitor the effectiveness of treat
        • Related tests you can do:
        • FBC, Ferritin, TIBC, Transferin

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • Diagnoses the actual concentration of ” Iron ” in the body and help determine the different types of “Anaemia”.
        • Related tests you can do:
        • T4, TSH, Thyroid antibodies

        • Sample Type:
        • Blood
        • Fasting required:
        • N/A

        • Turn around time:
        • 1 day


        • To help evaluate thyroid gland function; to diagnose thyroid diseases including hyperthroidism and determine the cause; to monitor the effectiveness of treatment of a thyroid disorde
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