Lab Tests & Reports

You get a blood test. The report comes back with four or five numbers – serum iron, ferritin, TIBC, transferrin

Folate deficiency is less common in the United States than it once was – largely because of mandatory folic acid

You’ve had bloodwork done and the report shows something called PT or INR – maybe flagged, maybe not. If you’re

You get a liver function panel back and bilirubin is flagged. Or your doctor mentions it while reviewing your results

Your liver function panel came back with two numbers flagged – ALT elevated, AST slightly elevated, ratio sitting at something

Your blood pressure was checked. The nurse called out two numbers. You nodded, got dressed, and left — probably with

Your doctor ordered a CRP test. Or maybe it showed up flagged on a routine panel and nobody explained it

Your blood test report comes back with a row of numbers – sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, calcium, magnesium – and

You’ve just gotten your cholesterol results back. There are four or five numbers on the report, one or two are

Your doctor ordered kidney function tests, or they came back as part of a routine panel and one number is