Chiropractic

Clinical Laboratory Tests Approved for Chiropractic

Urine Tests

• A
  Amino acid screen
  d-Amino levulinic acid
  Amylase
  Amylase/creatinine clearance ratio
  
  
• B
  Bile
  
  
• C
  Calcium
  Caliculi examination
  Catecholamines, 24 hr: total, fractional
  Chloride, 24 hr
  Copper
  Coproporphyrin, quantitative
  17-OH corticoids
  Creatine
  Creatinine
  Creatinine clearance
  Culture, colony count and sensitivity
  Cystine, 24 hr
  
  
• D
  Drug screen, qualitative
  
  
• E
  Estrogens, total
  
  
• G
  Glucose tolerance: fasting, 1/2 hr, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr
  
  
• H
  HCG (pregnancy test)
  Hemoglobin
  Hemosiderin
  Hydroxyproline
  
  
• I
  5' OH-indole acetic acid (5'HIAA)
  Insulin clearance
  
  
• K
  17-Ketogenic steroid
  17-Ketosteroids, alpha and beta ratio
  Ketones, qualitative
  
  
• L
  Leukocyte esterase
  Lysozyme
  
  
• M
  Metanephrines, 24 hr: total
  Microscopic examination: RBC, WBC, epithelial cells, casts, bacteria, occult blood
  Myoglobin
  Mucopolysaccharides
  
  
• N
  Nitrite
  
  
• O
  Osmolality
  Oxalates
  
  
• P
  pH
  Phenol
  Phosphates
  PKU screen
  Porphyrins
  Protein: albumin, BJ, electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis
  
  
• S
  Specific gravity
  
  
• T
  Testosterone
  Toxic ions: arsenic, lead, mercury
  
  
• U
  Urea
  Urea clearance
  Uric acid
  Urine protein, 24 hr: qualitative
  Urobilinogen
  
  
• V
  Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
  Vitamin excretion: B1, B2, niacin
  Volume, 24 hr
  
  
• X
  d-Xylose excretion