INveSTigaTIONS TO CKD PATIENTS
FREQUENTLY
- Complete Blood Count (CBC)
- KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST, UREA, CREATININE
- ELECTROLYTES
- CALCIUM, PHOSPHOROUS
- LIVER FUNCTION TEST, SGPT, ALBUMIN
- URINE ROUTINE
- BICARBONATE OR VENOUS BLOOD GAS
LESS FREQUENTLY
- IRON
- Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC)
- FERRITIN
- Transferrin saturation (TSAT)
- Liver Function Test
- PARATHYROID HORMONE
- VITAMIN D (25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D)
- Hepatitis surface antigen (HBsAg)
- LIPID PROFILE
- MAGNESIUM
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
- URINE CULTURE
- ULTRASOUND ABDOMEN WITH PRE VOID AND POST VOID WITH FULL BLADDER (NOT TO TAKE EXCESS WATER IF SWELLING OR HEART PROBLEM)
- Echocardiography (ECHO)
ON SPECIAL CONDITION
- ANTI HB SURFACE ANTIBODY (Anti HBs Ab) titre
- SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
- Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) (In males only)
- VENOUS BLOOD GAS (VBG) OR ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS (ABG)