Laboratory Tests

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Latest News
• Cord-Blood Test Predicts Kids' Allergy Odds (10/28/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20885.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/27/2004)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Interpreting Laboratory Test Results (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_27.htm

Overviews
• Common Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/commontests.html
• Lab Tests (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-lab.html
• Lab Tests Online (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/
• Pathologist Is... (American Society for Clinical Pathology) - http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/pathologist.asp
• Understanding Your Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/index.html
• Why Doctors Order Laboratory Tests (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest2.html

Specific Conditions
• 24-Hour Urine Collection (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/24hr.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/procdiag_sp/24hrsp.pdf
• Basic Metabolic Panel (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bmp/bmp.html
• Blood Cultures (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_culture/test.html
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cmp/cmp.html
• Electrolytes (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest5.html
• Stool Tests (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest8.html
• Understanding Your Complete Blood Count (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/cbc97.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs_sp/cbcsp.pdf
• Urine Tests (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest7.html

Prevention/Screening
• Screening Tests for Adults (Ages 30-49) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/d_adult.html
• Screening Tests for Young Adults (Ages 18-29) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/c_youngadult1.html

Coping
• Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/coping.html
• Test Preparation: Your Role (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/test_prep.html
• Tips on Blood Testing (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/bloodtips.html

Related Issues
• Buying Diagnostic Tests from the Internet: Buyer Beware! (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/buyerbeware.html
• Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choose/lab.htm
• Home-Use Tests (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-homeuse.html
• Reference Ranges & What They Mean (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/ref_ranges.html
• Where Lab Tests Are Performed (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/lab/labtypes.html

Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-glossary.html

Directories
• Accredited Laboratory Search (College of American Pathologists) - http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=labs_accred_by_cap_page
• Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews (Children's Health Care System, Seattle) - http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key;=xW0l31Z2a4hTc&fcn;=y&fw;=XPF9&filename;=/labsearch/searchdztest.html

Children
• Complete Blood Count (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest4.html
• I Had a Lab Test! (American Society for Clinical Pathology) - http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/labtest/
• Screening Tests for Children (Up to 12) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/b_children.html
• Screening Tests for Newborns and Infants (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/a_newborn.html
• Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/kidtips.html

Teenagers
• Screening Tests for Teens (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/c_youngadult.html

Seniors
• Screening Tests for Adults (50 and Up) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/e_over50-2.html
• Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/elderlytips.html

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Diagnostic Imaging - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diagnosticimaging.html
• Diagnostic Tests - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diagnostictests.html

Page last updated: 09 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 30 October 2004