Human Research & Diagnostics (HRD)
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Human Research & Diagnostics (HRD Laboratories) offers medical documentation packages and a wide range of health checkup packages to cover all age groups and all the sexes. These packages have been very thoughtfully formulated by a team of highly qualified and experienced medical professionals.
Albumin
To screen for and help diagnose a liver disorder or kidney disease sometimes to evaluate nutritional status especially in hospitalized patients
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
When To Get Tested: Routinely as part of the blood tests done for a physical when a healthcare practitioner thinks that you have symptoms of a liver disorder or kidney disease sometimes when you have unintended weight loss have symptoms associated with malnutrition or prior to a planned surgery
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result: 3.4 g/dL to 5.4 g/dL (34 to 54 g/L)
Alkaline-phosphatase-alp
To screen for or monitor treatment for a liver or bone disorder
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
When To Get Tested: As part of a routine liver panel or when you have symptoms of a liver or bone disorder
Test Preparation:Fasting overnight preferred but not required
Normal Test Result: 44 international units per liter (IU/L) to 147 international units per liter (IU/L)
Bilirubin
To screen for or monitor liver disorders or hemolytic anemia to monitor neonatal jaundice
Specimen:In adults a blood sample drawn from a vein in the arm in newborns a blood sample from a heelstick non-invasive technology is available in some healthcare facilities that will measure bilirubin by using an instrument placed on the skin transcutaneous bilirubin meter
When To Get Tested: When you have signs or symptoms of liver damage liver disease bile duct blockage hemolytic anemia or a liver-related metabolic problem or if a newborn has jaundice
Test Preparation:You may need to fast nothing but water for several hours before the test fasting requirements vary by laboratory ask your lab or healthcare provider for instructions
Normal Test Result: less than 0.3 mg/dL (less than 5.1 µmol/L) Total bilirubin: 0.1 to 1.2 mg/dL (1.71 to 20.5 µmol/L)
Blood-typing
To determine your ABO blood group and Rh type
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or for infants from a heelstick
When To Get Tested: When you need a transfusion of blood or blood components when you donate blood at a collection facility or donate an organ tissue or bone marrow for transplantation before or during a woman s pregnancy to determine the risk of Rh incompatibility with the fetus
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result:
Blood-urea-nitrogen-bun
To evaluate the health of your kidneys to help diagnose kidney disease to monitor the effectiveness of dialysis and other treatments related to kidney disease or damage
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
When To Get Tested: As part of a routine comprehensive or basic metabolic panel when you have signs and symptoms that may be due to kidney disease or you have a condition that may cause or be worsened by kidney dysfunction at regular intervals when you are being treated for kidney disease or damage
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result: around 7 mg/dL to 20 mg/dL (2.5 to 7.1 mmol/L)
Total Cholesterol
To screen for risk of developing heart disease to monitor effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy
Specimen:Most often a blood sample is collected from a vein in the arm Sometimes cholesterol is measured using a drop of blood collected by puncturing the skin on a finger A fingerstick sample is typically used when cholesterol is being measured on a portable testing device for example at a health fair
When To Get Tested: Screening as part of a regular health exam with a lipid profile when no risk factors for heart disease are present adults should be tested once every four to six years children teens and young adults should be tested once between the ages of 9 and 11 and then again between the ages of 17 and 21 Monitoring may be done more frequently and at regular intervals when risk factors for heart disease are present when prior results showed high risk levels and or when undergoing treatment for unhealthy lipid levels
Test Preparation:Cholesterol tests typically require fasting for 9-12 hours before the test only water is permitted Your healthcare practitioner may decide that you may be tested without fasting Follow any instructions you are given and tell the person drawing your blood whether or not you have fasted For youths without risk factors testing may be done without fasting
Normal Test Result: 125 to 200
Creatinine
To evaluate the health of your kidneys to help diagnose kidney disease to monitor treatment for kidney disease
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm and or a 24-hour urine sample
When To Get Tested: Routinely as part of a comprehensive or basic metabolic panel when your have signs and symptoms that may be due to kidney disease or damage or when you have a condition that may affect your kidneys and or be worsened by kidney dysfunction at intervals to monitor treatment for kidney disease or kidney function while on certain medications
Test Preparation:You may be instructed to fast overnight or refrain from eating cooked meat some studies have shown that eating cooked meat prior to testing can temporarily increase the level of creatinine
Normal Test Result: 0.84 milligrams per deciliter to 1.21 milligrams per deciliter (74.3 to 107 micromoles per liter), although this can vary from lab to lab, between men and women, and by age
Erythrocyte-sedimentation-rate-esr
To help diagnose infectious mononucleosis mono to distinguish between an Epstein-Barr virus EBV infection and another illness with similar symptoms to help evaluate susceptibility to EBV
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
When To Get Tested: When you have symptoms of mono but a negative mono test when a pregnant woman has flu-like symptoms occasionally when an asymptomatic person has been exposed to someone with mono or possibly as a means to check immune system function
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result: normal range is 0 mm/hr 22 mm/hr to for men and 0 mm/hr to 29 mm/hr for women
Lipid-panel
To assess your risk of developing cardiovascular disease CVD to monitor treatment
Specimen:A blood sample obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in your arm or from a fingerstick
When To Get Tested: Screening when no risk factors present for adults every four to six years for youths once between the ages of 9 and 11 and again between ages 17 and 21 Monitoring at regular intervals when risk factors are present when prior results showed high risk levels and or to monitor effectiveness of treatment
Test Preparation:Typically fasting for 9-12 hours water only before having your blood drawn is required but some labs offer non-fasting lipid testing Follow any instructions you are given and tell the person drawing your blood whether or not you have fasted For youths without risk factors testing may be done without fasting
Normal Test Result: the ratio should be below 4
Liver-panel
To screen for detect evaluate and monitor acute and chronic liver inflammation hepatitis liver infection liver disease and or and damage
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm for infants blood may be drawn by puncturing the heel with a lancet
When To Get Tested: Periodically to evaluate liver function whenever you are at risk for liver injury when you are taking medications that may affect your liver when you have a liver disease when you have symptoms associated with liver damage such as jaundice
Test Preparation:You may be instructed to fast overnight with only water permitted Follow any instructions you are given Inform the healthcare practitioner about all prescription and over-the-counter medications herbal medications vitamins and supplements you are taking
Normal Test Result: range between 7-56 units/litre for ALT and 10-40 got AST, your liver function is normal
Total-protein-and-albuminglobulin-ag-ratio
As part of a general health checkup to determine your nutritional status or to screen for and help diagnose certain liver and kidney disorders as well as other diseases
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or by fingerstick adults and children or heelstick newborns
When To Get Tested: When you have a routine physical exam or when you experience unexpected weight loss or fatigue or when a healthcare practitioner thinks that you have symptoms of a liver or kidney disorder
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result: normal A/G ratio of slightly over 1
Triglycerides
To assess your risk of developing heart disease to monitor effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or from a fingerstick
When To Get Tested: Screening as part of a lipid profile during a regular medical exam at least once every four to six years for adults for children at least once between the ages of 9 and 11 and again between the ages of 17 and 21 Monitoring may be done more frequently if you have risk factors for heart disease and or if you are being treated for unhealthy lipid levels
Test Preparation:Current standards recommend that testing be done when you are fasting For 9 to 12 hours before the test only water is permitted In addition alcohol should not be consumed for 24 hours just before the test Your healthcare practitioner may decide that you may be tested without fasting Follow any instructions you are given and tell the person drawing your blood whether or not you have fasted
Normal Test Result: less than 150mg/dL
Uric-acid
To detect high levels of uric acid in the blood which could be a sign of the condition gout or to monitor uric acid levels when undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment to detect high levels of uric acid in the urine in order to diagnose the cause of kidney stones and to monitor those with gout who are at risk of developing such stones
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in the arm or a 24-hour urine sample
When To Get Tested: When you have joint pain or other symptoms that your healthcare practitioner suspects may be due to gout when you have had or are going to have certain chemotherapy or radiation therapies for cancer when you have recurrent kidney stones when you have gout or are otherwise at risk for kidney stone formation
Test Preparation:None may be needed however some institutions recommend fasting Follow any instructions you are given
Normal Test Result: 2.4 mg/dL -6.0 mg/dL (female) and 3.4 mg/dL -7.0 mg/dL (male)
Vldl-cholesterol
To help assess the risk of developing heart disease
Specimen:When other lipid tests such as a lipid profile are being performed
When To Get Tested: When other lipid tests such as a lipid profile are being performed
Test Preparation:Usually fasting for 9-12 hours before the test only water permitted and no alcohol for 24 hours before the test follow any instructions you are given
Normal Test Result: from 2 mg/dL to 30 mg/dL (0.1 mmol/l to 1.7 mmol/l)
White-blood-cell-wbc-differential
To help determine the cause of abnormal results on a white blood cell WBC count to help diagnose and or monitor an illness affecting your immune system such as an infection or inflammatory condition or cancers that affect your white blood cells such as leukemia
Specimen:A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or by a fingerstick children and adults or heelstick infants
When To Get Tested: As part of a complete blood count CBC when you have a routine health examination when results of a CBC fall outside the reference range when you have any number of signs and symptoms that may be related to a condition affecting white blood cells such as infection inflammation or cancer when you are receiving treatment that is known to affect WBCs such as chemotherapy
Test Preparation:None
Normal Test Result: 4,500 WBCs per microliter (4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L)to 11,000 WBCs per microliter (4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L)
LDL Cholesterol
To screen for risk of developing heart disease to monitor effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy
Specimen:Most often a blood sample is collected from a vein in the arm Sometimes cholesterol is measured using a drop of blood collected by puncturing the skin on a finger A fingerstick sample is typically used when cholesterol is being measured on a portable testing device for example at a health fair
When To Get Tested: Screening as part of a regular health exam with a lipid profile when no risk factors for heart disease are present adults should be tested once every four to six years children teens and young adults should be tested once between the ages of 9 and 11 and then again between the ages of 17 and 21 Monitoring may be done more frequently and at regular intervals when risk factors for heart disease are present when prior results showed high risk levels and or when undergoing treatment for unhealthy lipid levels
Test Preparation:Cholesterol tests typically require fasting for 9-12 hours before the test only water is permitted Your healthcare practitioner may decide that you may be tested without fasting Follow any instructions you are given and tell the person drawing your blood whether or not you have fasted For youths without risk factors testing may be done without fasting
Normal Test Result: < 100
HDL Cholesterol
To screen for risk of developing heart disease to monitor effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy
Specimen:Most often a blood sample is collected from a vein in the arm Sometimes cholesterol is measured using a drop of blood collected by puncturing the skin on a finger A fingerstick sample is typically used when cholesterol is being measured on a portable testing device for example at a health fair
When To Get Tested: Screening as part of a regular health exam with a lipid profile when no risk factors for heart disease are present adults should be tested once every four to six years children teens and young adults should be tested once between the ages of 9 and 11 and then again between the ages of 17 and 21 Monitoring may be done more frequently and at regular intervals when risk factors for heart disease are present when prior results showed high risk levels and or when undergoing treatment for unhealthy lipid levels
Test Preparation:Cholesterol tests typically require fasting for 9-12 hours before the test only water is permitted Your healthcare practitioner may decide that you may be tested without fasting Follow any instructions you are given and tell the person drawing your blood whether or not you have fasted For youths without risk factors testing may be done without fasting
Normal Test Result: > 50
Total bilirubin
To screen for or monitor liver disorders or hemolytic anemia to monitor neonatal jaundice
Specimen:In adults a blood sample drawn from a vein in the arm in newborns a blood sample from a heelstick non-invasive technology is available in some healthcare facilities that will measure bilirubin by using an instrument placed on the skin transcutaneous bilirubin meter
When To Get Tested: When you have signs or symptoms of liver damage liver disease bile duct blockage hemolytic anemia or a liver-related metabolic problem or if a newborn has jaundice
Test Preparation:You may need to fast nothing but water for several hours before the test fasting requirements vary by laboratory ask your lab or healthcare provider for instructions
Normal Test Result: less than 0.3 mg/dL (less than 5.1 µmol/L) Total bilirubin: 0.1 to 1.2 mg/dL (1.71 to 20.5 µmol/L)
Fasting Blood Sugar
This is the test that measures blood sugar levels. Elevated levels are associated with diabetes and insulin resistance, in which the body cannot properly handle sugar.
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19 Tests Included
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- Albumin
- Alkaline-phosphatase-alp
- Bilirubin
- Blood-typing
- Blood-urea-nitrogen-bun
- Total Cholesterol
- Creatinine
- Erythrocyte-sedimentation-rate-esr
- Lipid-panel
- Liver-panel
- Total-protein-and-albuminglobulin-ag-ratio
- Triglycerides
- Uric-acid
- Vldl-cholesterol
- White-blood-cell-wbc-differential
- LDL Cholesterol
- HDL Cholesterol
- Total bilirubin
- Fasting Blood Sugar
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