Indications directory

Basic evaluations:

Glucose, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, creatinine, urea, full blood count, CRP

Evaluations as per clinical suspicion:
Infections:

Blood cultures, liquor analysis, HIV (consent required)

Metabolic diseases:

Lactate, ammoniac, ketone bodies, congenital metabolic diseases (organic acidemia/aciduria, urea cycle anomalies and others)

Bleeding:

PTT, INR, thrombocytes, antithrombin III

Vitamin deficiencies:

Vitamin-B6

Withdrawal syndrome:

Urine screening for drugs and medication (heroin, methadone, alcohol, anticonvulsants)

Intoxication (medication, environmental pollution):

Urine screening for drugs and medication (lithium, cephalosporines, theophylline), methanol, linden, PCP

Please also refer to sections “excitability, muscular and nervous”