Blood Drug Testing

What do they search for in hospital blood tests?

I was in the hospital not that long ago and they drew blood for tests. I never understood what they were testing for and I was just curious.

Public Comments

1. different tests for different things ask your doctor
2. There are dozens of things that we can test for in blood. If you're curious, you can get a copy of your medical records and look.
3. Some of the important things are the amount of Hemoglobin, Red blood cell and White cell counts....and the amount of Iron. When these 4 are within normal limits for your gender and age then it tells the doctor a lot of things about you.
4. You give no information about why you were in hospital or what your diagnosis/procedures were. There are hundreds of possibilities (the book that lists the possible tests is several hundred pages long). Most common types of tests are CBC (complete blood count, looking at your red blood cell count, white blood cell count, etc), chemistry panel (electrolytes, few other tests), lft's (liver function tests), coagulation studies (if you had surgical procedure), hcg if you are female and were in for any sort of reproductive concern. Only your doctor/med records know for sure.
5. Typically, if you are admitted to the hospital a physician will order a CBC (complete blood count) - which calculates the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin, etc. Also, in some cases, the physician will order chemistry testing such as a glucose, potassium, sodium testing. In the event that you had surgery, he or she would order a PT - protime, which measure the ability of your platelets to form a clot. These are routine tests, which indicate to the physician what the diagnosis may be. If your hemoglobin was low, it would indicate an iron deficiency anemia; however, if your white blood count was low it would indicate a viral infection, and if it was high, a bacterial infection. Hope this helps you out!
6. they just wanna confirm theire diagnostic the common bleed test are ionograme = Na K Cl bleed air = CO2 O2 bicarbonat pH of bleed NFS = red bleed cell white bleed cell plagette hematocrit and hemogrobine protein = espelialy albumine lipide = LDL HDL triglycéride and some other