Overview of Chemistry Studies / 327
General Biochemical Profiles / 327
Use of the Autoanalyzer / 327
Diabetes Testing, Blood Glucose, Blood Sugar, and Related Tests / 328
Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG); Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS); Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG); Casual Random Plasma Glucose (PG) / 328
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c); Glycohemoglobin; Glycated Hemoglobin; Diabetic Control Index; Glycated Serum Protein (GSP) / 335
Gestational Diabetes (GD) Screening / 336
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT); Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) / 338
Lactose Tolerance; Breath Hydrogen Test / 342
Related Tests That Influence Glucose Metabolism / 343
C-Peptide / 343
Glucagon / 345
Insulin / 346
End Products of Metabolism and Other Tests / 348
Ammonia (NH3 Level) / 348
Bilirubin / 349
Neonatal Bilirubin, Total and Fractionated (“Baby Bili”) / 351
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN, Urea Nitrogen) / 354
Albumin / 356
Prealbumin (PAB) / 357
Cholinesterase, Serum (Pseudocholinesterase); Cholinesterase, Red Blood Cell (Acetylcholinesterase) / 358
Creatinine and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) / 360
Cystatin C / 362
Uric Acid / 363
Lead (Pb) / 364
Osteocalcin (Bone G1a Protein) / 368
Hormone Tests / 369
Androstenedione / 369
Aldosterone / 370
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH); Arginine Vasopressin Hormone / 372
Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) and N-Terminal Propeptide of BNP (NT-proBNP) / 373
Cortisol (Hydrocortisone) Test / 375
Cortisol Suppression (Dexamethasone Suppression Test; DST) / 376
Cortisone Stimulation (Cosyntropin Stimulation); Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Stimulation / 377
Gastrin / 378
Human Growth Hormone (hGH); Growth Hormone (GH); Somatotropin / 379
Parathyroid Hormone Assay; Parathyrin; Parathormone, PTH–C-Terminal; Intact PTH / 381
Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1); Somatomedin C (SM-C) / 383
Fertility Tests / 384
Chorionic Gonadotropin; Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) βSubunit; Pregnancy Test / 385
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH); Luteinizing Hormone (LH) / 387
Prolactin (PRL) / 389
Progesterone / 390
Testosterone, Total and Free / 392
Enzyme Tests / 395
Acid Phosphatase, Total; Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) / 395
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA); PSA, Free (fPSA); PSA, Total (tPSA); PSA, % Free / 396
Alanine Aminotransferase (Aminotransferase, ALT); Serum Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT) / 398
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Total / 399
Alkaline Phosphatase Isoenzyme Test (ALP Isoenzymes) / 401
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) / 403
Amylase and Lipase / 404
Aspartate Transaminase (AST, Aspartate Aminotransferase); Serum Glutamic–Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT) / 406
Cardiac-Specific Troponin T (cTn-T); Cardiac-Specific Troponin I (cTn-I) / 408
Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK); Creatine Kinase (CK); CPK and CK Isoenzymes / 410
Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase (GALT); G-1-PU; Galactokinase (GALK) / 413
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD, LDH) / 413
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH, LD) Isoenzymes (Electrophoresis) / 415
Renin (Angiotensin); Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) test / 417
Renin Stimulation/Challenge Test / 418
Tryptase / 419
Gamma (γ)-Glutamyl Transferase (Gamma [γ]-Glutamyl Transpeptidase [GGT], γGT) / 420
Homocysteine (tHcy) / 421
Alpha-1 (α1) Antitrypsin (AAT); α1-Antitrypsin; A1A / 422
Lipoprotein Tests/Lipoprotein Profiles / 424
Cholesterol, Total (C) / 424
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) / 427
Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C); Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (VLDL-C) / 428
Apolipoprotein A1 and B (Apo A1, Apo B); ApoAI; ApoB100 / 431
Triglycerides / 433
Free Fatty Acids (Nonesterfied); Fatty Acid Profile / 435
Thyroid Function Tests / 438
Patient Care for Thyroid Testing / 438
Calcitonin; Thyrocalcitonin / 439
Free Thyroxine (FT4) / 441
Free Triiodothyronine (FT3) / 442
Free Thyroxine Index (FTI); Thyroxine Binding Index (TBI) / 443
Neonatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) / 444
Neonatal Thyroxine (T4); Neonatal Screen for Hypothyroidism / 444
Thyroglobulin (Tg) / 446
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH; Thyrotropin) / 447
Thyroxine-Binding Globulin (TBG) / 448
Thyroxine (T4), Total / 449
Triiodothyronine (T3), Total / 451
Triiodothyronine Uptake (T3 U) / 452