Clinical Biochemistry Tests
- Useful for:
Monitoring magnesium levels in blood. Hypomagnesemia causes impairment of neuromuscular function, reduced tolerance to carbohydrates, and cardiac arrhythmias. Hypermagnesemia, among other effects, causes hypotension, bradycardia, and respiratory depression.
- Method Name: Enzymatic
- Other Common Names: Mg
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 51
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Monitoring magnesium levels in blood. Hypomagnesemia causes impairment of neuromuscular function, reduced tolerance to carbohydrates, and cardiac arrhythmias. Hypermagnesemia, among other effects, causes hypotension, bradycardia, and respiratory depression.
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Diagnosis and management of a variety of disorders including bone, parathyroid, and kidney disease.
- Method Name: Phosphomolybdate
- Other Common Names: Phophate, PO4
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 52
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Diagnosis and management of a variety of disorders including bone, parathyroid, and kidney disease.
- Useful for:
Evaluation of electrolyte balance, cardiac arrhythmia, muscular weakness, hepatic encephalopathy, and renal failure
- Method Name: ISE
- Other Common Names: K+
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 53
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 2 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Evaluation of electrolyte balance, cardiac arrhythmia, muscular weakness, hepatic encephalopathy, and renal failure
- Useful for:
Diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases involving the liver, kidney, or bone marrow, as well as other metabolic or nutritional disorders.
- Method Name: Diurate
- Other Common Names: /
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 19
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases involving the liver, kidney, or bone marrow, as well as other metabolic or nutritional disorders.
- Useful for:
Assessing acid-base balance, water balance, water intoxication, and dehydration
- Method Name: ISE
- Other Common Names: Na
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 54
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Assessing acid-base balance, water balance, water intoxication, and dehydration
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Triglycerides are a family of lipids that come from the diet and are produced endogenously from carbohydrates and fatty acids. Measurement of triglycerides is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of hyperlipidemia. Such conditions may be genetic or secondary to other disorders such as nephrosis, diabetes mellitus, and abnormalities of the endocrine system. According to data provided by the NCEP (National Cholesterol Education Program), triglycerides constitute an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis
- Method Name: Glycerol phosphate oxidase
- Other Common Names: /
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 6
- Fasting or other requirements: 8-12 hrs fasting
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Triglycerides are a family of lipids that come from the diet and are produced endogenously from carbohydrates and fatty acids. Measurement of triglycerides is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of hyperlipidemia.
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Screening test for evaluation of kidney function. Determination of the concentration of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in serum is a widely used test for the assessment of renal function. This test is often requested in combination with serum creatinine measurement for the differential diagnosis of prerenal (heart failure, fluid loss, increased protein catabolism), renal (glomerulonephritis, chronic nephritis, polycystic kidney disease, nephrosclerosis, tubular necrosis), and postrenal (urinary tract obstruction) uremia.
- Method Name: Urease
- Other Common Names: /
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 2
- Fasting or other requirements: None
- Specimen Type: Serum
- Specimen Required Supplies: Serum gel vial (preferred), Red top vial (acceptable)
- Specimen Volume: 0.5 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: Same day/1 day
- Performing Laboratories Location: Central Lab, BOCOC Lab and Apollonio Lab
Screening test for evaluation of kidney function. Determination of the concentration of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in serum is a widely used test for the assessment of renal function.
