Lab Tests & Reports

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

Your thyroid panel came back and you have a handful of numbers in front of you – TSH, maybe Free

You’ve had bloodwork done and the report comes back labelled “liver function tests” or “liver panel.” There are six, seven,

A urine test report can look overwhelming – ten or more different parameters, some reported as numbers, some as “negative”

You get your annual bloodwork back and there’s a value on there labeled HbA1c or A1c or glycated hemoglobin. There

You get your blood work back. There’s a page full of numbers, abbreviations, and little H and L flags next