Follow Healthline   |   Healthline on TwitterTwitter   |   Healthline on FacebookFacebook
Symptom Search   |   Treatment Search   |   Doctor Search   |   Drug Search

Idiopathic Autoimmune Hemolyt... : Tests

Advertisement
Marketplace
A complete blood count(CBC) test measures the following:.The number of red blood cells(RBCs) The number of white blood cells(WBCs) The total amount of hemoglobin in the blood The fraction of the blood composed of red blood cells( hematocrit) The s...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 10, 2008
One of the most commonly ordered clinical laboratory tests, a blood count, also called a complete blood count(CBC), is a basic evaluation of the cells(red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) suspended in the liquid part of the blood(pla...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A complete blood count(CBC) is a series of tests used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood. It consists of the following tests: red blood cell(RBC) count, white blood cell(WBC) count, and platelet count...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A complete blood count(CBC) is a series of tests used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood. It consists of the following tests: red blood cell(RBC) count, white blood cell(WBC) count, and platelet count...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
The clinical laboratory test that evaluates the three main cellular components of peripheral blood(red cells, white cells, and platelets) is called the"complete blood count"(CBC). It is used commonly to assess whether a patient is anemic(low red c...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient''s body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
A blood smear is a blood test that gives information about the number and shape of blood cells.Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine(antis...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2009
Urinalysis is the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine. It involves a number of tests to detect and measure various compounds that pass through the urine.A urine sample is needed.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 14, 2009
Urinalysis is a diagnostic physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of a urine sample(specimen). Specimens can be obtained by normal emptying of the bladder(voiding) or by a hospital procedure called catheterization.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A urinalysis is a group of manual and/or automated qualitative and semi-quantitative tests performed on a urine sample. A routine urinalysis usually includes the following tests: color, transparency, specific gravity, pH, protein, glucose, ketones...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Urinalysis is an important test used in diagnosing diseases of the genitourinary tract. Urine is examined for pH and specific gravity by chemical and direct microscopic methods.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
A urinalysis is a group of manual and/or automated qualitative and semi-quantitative tests performed on a urine sample. A routine urinalysis usually includes the following tests: color, transparency, specific gravity, pH, protein, glucose, ketones...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Urine typically contains epithelial cells shed from the urinary tract. Urine cytology evaluates this urinary sediment for the presence of cancerous cells from the lining of the urinary tract, and it is a convenient noninvasive technique for follow...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
The urine specimen collection is a procedure used to obtain a sample of urine from a patient for diagnostic tests.The purpose of obtaining a urine sample is to test for any abnormalities that may be present, such as bacteria, ketones, or drugs.The...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A urine dipstick is a colorimetric chemical assay that can be used to determine the pH, specific gravity, protein, glucose, ketone, bilirubin, urobilinogen, blood, leukocyte, and nitrite levels of an individual''s urine. It consists of a reagent st...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
An RBC count is a blood test that tells how many red blood cells(RBCs) you have.RBCs contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen. How much oxygen your body tissues get depends on how many RBCs you have and how well they work.Blood is typically drawn ...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 2, 2009
Haptoglobin is a protein produced by the liver. It connects to a certain type of hemoglobin in the blood.A blood test can tell how much haptoglobin you have in your blood.Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow o...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 24, 2008
This test is done to help evaluate a person for hemolytic anemia.Haptoglobin is a blood protein made by the liver. The haptoglobin levels decrease in hemolytic anemia.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Urine myoglobin is a test to detect the presence of myoglobin in a sample of urine.Myoglobin is a protein in heart and skeletal muscles. When a muscle is exercised, it uses up available oxygen.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
A reticulocyte count measures the percentage of reticulocytes(slightly immature red blood cells) in blood.Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing med...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2009
A reticulocyte count is a blood test performed to assess the body''s production of immature red blood cells(reticulocytes). A reticulocyte count is usually performed when patients are evaluated for anemia and response to its treatment.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Serum hemoglobin is a test that measures the level of free hemoglobin in the liquid part of the blood(the serum). Free hemoglobin is the hemoglobin outside of the red blood cells.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 23, 2008
Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. A hemoglobin test reveals how much hemoglobin is in a person''s blood, helping to diagnose and monitor anemia and polycythemia vera.A hemoglobin test is done wh...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A hemoglobin test reveals how much hemoglobin is in a person''s blood. This information can be used to help physician''s diagnose and monitor anemia and polycythemia vera, a condition in which the bone marrow produces too many blood cells.A hemoglob...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Bilirubin is a product that results from the breakdown of hemoglobin. Total and direct bilirubin are usually measured to screen for or to monitor liver or gallbladder problems.Total bilirubin; Unconjugated bilirubin; Indirect bilirubin; Conjugated...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
A bilirubin test is a diagnostic blood test performed to measure levels of bile pigment in an individual''s blood serum and to help evaluate liver function.The bilirubin test is an important part of routine newborn(neonatal) diagnostic screening te...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The bilirubin test is a blood test to monitor the liver function of newborns. The rapid destruction of red blood cells after birth produces more bilirubin than the infant''s liver can handle, causing some jaundice in about 99% of newborns.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
The lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) test measures the amount of LDH in the blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2009
Lactate dehydrogenase, also called lactic dehydrogenase, or LDH, is an enzyme found in the cells of many body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys, skeletal muscle, brain, red blood cells, and lungs. It is responsible for converting muscle...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Alanine transaminase(ALT) is an enzyme found in the highest amounts in the liver. Injury to the liver results in release of the substance into the blood.This article discusses the test to measure the amount of ALT in the blood.SGPT; Serum glutamat...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 22, 2009
Advertisement
Back to Top