The profiles provided by the Department consist of the following:
Name | Tests included |
U&E | sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine |
Renal Unit Profile (only available for Renal Unit) |
sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, albumin, corrected calcium, phosphate, uric acid, bicarbonate |
Calcium Profile | albumin, corrected calcium, alkaline phosphatase, phosphate (if calcium outside reference range). |
Thyroid Function Test | TSH |
Liver Function Test - Primary care |
total protein, albumin, globulins, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, total bilirubin |
Liver Function Test - Secondary care |
albumin, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, total bilirubin |
Fasting Lipid Profile | triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, Total cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ratio, non-HDL cholesterol. |
Non-fasting Lipid Profile | total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, Total cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ratio, non-HDL cholesterol. |
More than one profile can be requested on the same request form and of course any individual tests can be requested instead of or as well as profiles. Any requests for Full Biochemistry, Biochemistry Profile or similar will be interpreted as a request for U&E. One full SST specimen (gold top) is sufficient for each of the above profiles.