My doctor ordered a Comp Metabolic panel. What makes this different from the Complete Blood Count, which one is more comprehensive?
John
2007-01-11 10:08:31 · 4 answers · asked by swabby 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Comp Metabolic Panel consists of the tests for the following:-
Albumin
Phosphatase, Alkaline (ALP)
Calcium
Carbon dioxide
Chloride
Creatinine
Glucose
Bun
Potassium
Sodium
Total protein
Transferase, aspartate amino (AST)
Transferase, alanine amino (ALT)
Please see the web pages for more details on Complete blood count and Google search on Comp.Metabolic panel.
2007-01-11 10:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.medicinenet.com will give U all the answers you need or may ever need about blood test & health in general. Hope this helps.
I used this site when I had blood work done to tell me what everything meant. Very helpful. Answered all my questions.
2007-01-11 10:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by Blues Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are completely different. one is testing your electrolytes, kidney function, and liver function(screening for organ function) and one is testing hemoglobin/hematacrit/platelets etc..things associated with the cellular makeup of your blood.
2007-01-11 11:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by cmb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a whole page on this test click here http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=complete+metabolic+panel&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAu80EMS8tuECK9pAjCjxOKQezKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAjVtDXsFYL8E9gx3L6mQpvYezKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=complete+metabolic+panel hope this helps you out!
2007-01-11 10:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by SuperCityRob 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋