LDBF - Overview: Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH), Body Fluid

Identification of exudative pleural effusions Lactate dehydrogenase in pericardial fluids is not diagnostically useful.

CORTU - Overview: Cortisol, Free, 24 Hour, Urine

Preferred screening test for Cushing syndrome Diagnosis of pseudo-hyperaldosteronism due to excessive licorice consumption Test may not be useful in the evaluation of adrenal insufficiency.

HAIGM - Overview: Hepatitis A Virus IgM Antibody, Serum

Diagnosis of acute or recent hepatitis A infection

CAMPC - Overview: Campylobacter Culture, Feces

Determining whether Campylobacter species may be the cause of diarrhea Reflexive testing for Campylobacter species from nucleic acid amplification test-positive feces This test is generally not useful for patients hospitalized more than...

GLP - Overview: Glucagon, Plasma

Diagnosis and follow-up of glucagonomas and other glucagon-producing tumors Assessing diabetic patients with problematic hyper- or hypoglycemic episodes (extremely limited utility)

PTTP - Overview: Prothrombin Time, Plasma

Screening assay to detect deficiencies of one or more coagulation factors (factors I, II, V, VII, X) Screening assay to detect coagulation inhibition Monitoring intensity of oral anticoagulant therapy when combined with INR reporting

ANIDE - Overview: Organism Referred for Identification, Anaerobic Bacteria

Identifying anaerobic bacteria involved in human infections

MTBT - Overview: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, Molecular Detection, PCR, Paraffin, Tissue

Preferred method for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens Detecting M tuberculosis complex This test is not intended for the detection of latent tuberculosis and...

PBALP - Overview: Porphobilinogen and Aminolevulinic Acid, Plasma

An equivalent option to urine for first-line test for evaluation of a suspected acute porphyria Monitoring patients undergoing treatment for an acute intermittent porphyria or other acute porphyria

FACT - Overview: Filamentous-Actin (F-actin) Antibody, IgG, Serum

Evaluation of patients with hepatitis of unknown origin associated with hypergammaglobulinemia and/or abnormal liver enzymes This test may also be useful for confirming positivity for smooth muscle antibodies.