Laboratory parameters of 1st order – obligatory laboratory tests.
- Small blood count
- Differential blood count
- Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein) or ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate).
- Urine status (rapid test for: pH, leukocytes, nitrite, protein, glucose, ketone, urobilinogen, bilirubin, blood), sediment, if necessary urine culture (pathogen detection and resistogram, that is, testing suitable antibiotics for sensitivity / resistance).
- Electrolytes (blood salts) – such as sodium, chloride and potassium.
- Fasting glucose (fasting blood sugar)
- Thyroid parameters – TSH, fT3, fT4
- Pancreatic parameters – amylase, elastase (in serum and stool), lipase.
- Liver parameters – alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT, GGT); alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin.
- Renal parameters – urea, creatinine, cystatin C or creatinine clearance, if necessary.
Laboratory parameters 2nd order – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, etc. – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Highly sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) or troponin I (hs-cTnI); creatine kinase (CK, CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) – for suspected myocardial infarction (heart attack).
- Serum cortisol (8.00 a.m.), aldosterone – if adrenal insufficiency is suspected.
- Pregnancy test (quantitative HCG).
- CSF puncture (collection of cerebrospinal fluid by puncture of the spinal canal) for CSF diagnosis – if meningitis (meningitis) is suspected.
