The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

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Laboratory tests arranged alphabetically

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P-ANCA
   Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Screen with Reflex Titer, Serum

p24 Antigen to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
   HIV Antigen

Pancreastatin, Plasma

Pancreatic Elastase, Monoclonal, Formed Stool (Random)

Pancreatic Elastase, Fecal

Pancreatic Polypeptide, Serum

Pandy's Test, CSF

Pap Smear, Cervical/Vaginal Smear
  See also: Pap Test-Liquid Based Collection, Cervical/Endocervical/Vaginal Cells in Fluid Collection Media

Pap Test-Liquid Based Collection, Cervical/Endocervical/Vaginal Cells in Fluid Collection Media
  See also: Pap Smear, Cervical/Vaginal Smear

Parainfluenza Antibody Battery, Serum

Parainfluenza Direct Antigen Detection
  See also: Viral Culture

Parainfluenza Viruses, Culture
   Respiratory Virus Culture Panel, Respiratory Secretions

Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, CSF
  See also: Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, Serum

Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, Serum
  See also: Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, CSF

Paraprotein Screen
   Immunofixation Electrophoresis, Serum
   Immunofixation Electrophoresis, Urine
  See information in appendix:
  Urine Tests Requiring no Preservatives

Parathyroid Antibody Screen, Titer and Interpretation (I-IFM), Serum

Parathyroid Hormone (Intact), Plasma

Parietal Cell Antibody Screen, Serum
  See also: Parietal Cell Antibody Titer, Serum

Parietal Cell Antibody Titer, Serum
  See also: Parietal Cell Antibody Screen, Serum

Parkinson Disease-8 (LRRK2), Whole blood

Paroxetine (Paxil) Quantitation, Serum or Plasma

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Screen, Peripheral Blood

Partial Thromboplastin Time
   Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT), Plasma

Parvovirus B-19 by PCR, Bone Marrow
  See also: Parvovirus, PCR, Human, Serum, Plasma, Amniotic or Synovial Fluid

Parvovirus B19 Antibodies, IgG & IgM, Serum
  See also: Parvovirus, PCR, Human, Serum, Plasma, Amniotic or Synovial Fluid

Parvovirus, PCR, Human, Serum, Plasma, Amniotic or Synovial Fluid
  See also: Parvovirus B-19 by PCR, Bone Marrow
   Parvovirus B19 Antibodies, IgG & IgM, Serum

Pathologist Cytospin Review, Body Fluid
  See also: Cell Count and Differential, Miscellaneous Body Fluids

Pathologist Cytospin Review, CSF
  See also: Cell Count and Differential, CSF

Paxil
   Paroxetine (Paxil) Quantitation, Serum or Plasma

PBG
   Porphobilinogen, Qualitative, Urine, Random
   Porphobilinogen, Quantitative, Urine

PCP (Phencyclidine)
   Phencyclidine (PCP), Confirmation, Quantitative, Urine
   Phencyclidine (PCP), Serum

Pemphigus/Pemphigoid/EBA Antibodies Screen, Titer and Interpretation, Serum

Pentagastrin Stimulation Test
   Calcitonin, Serum

Pentobarbital (Nembutal) (As a Therapeutic Agent), Serum

Perforin Granzyme, Whole blood

Pericardial, Peritoneal, Or Pleural Fluid
   Cytologic Evaluation, Body Fluid

Peripheral Blood Smear Morphology
   Blood Smear, Path Morphologic Exam, (Wright Stain)
   Cell Count and Differential, Miscellaneous Body Fluids

Peritoneal Wash, for Cancer Evaluation

Pertussis
   Bordetella Pertussis PCR, Nasopharyngeal Swab

Phencyclidine (PCP), Confirmation, Quantitative, Urine

Phencyclidine (PCP), Serum

Phenobarbital, Plasma

Phenylalanine
   Amino Acids, Quantitative, Plasma
   Amino Acids, Quantitative, Random Urine

Phenylalanine, Screen (Guthrie Test)
  See also: Newborn Metabolic Screen, Dried Blood

Phenytoin, Free, Plasma
  See also: Phenytoin, Plasma

Phenytoin, Plasma
  See also: Phenytoin, Free, Plasma

Phlebotomy, Therapeutic

Phosphatase, Acid, Total
   Acid Phosphatase, Total, Serum

Phosphatase, Alkaline Isoenzymes, Serum

Phosphatase, Alkaline, Plasma

Phosphate
   Inorganic Phosphorus (Phosphate), Random, Urine

Phosphatidylglycerol (PG), Amniotic Fluid

Phosphorus
   Inorganic Phosphorus (Phosphate), Random, Urine
   Inorganic Phosphorus (Phosphate), Plasma
   Inorganic Phosphorus (Phosphate), Urine, Quantitative

Photopheresis, Therapeutic

pH, Pleural Fluid

pH, Urine

Pipecolic Acid, Random Urine

Pipecolic Acid, Serum

Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Alpha-Subunit of
   Alpha-Subunit of Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Serum

PKU Cofactor Screen, Urine and Blood Spots

PKU Test
   Neonatal Screen
   Newborn Metabolic Screen, Dried Blood
   Phenylalanine, Screen (Guthrie Test)

Plasma Exchange, Therapeutic

Plasma Renin Activity
   Renin Activity (PRA), Plasma

Plasma Volume, Patient

Plasmalogen Content, RBC's

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Activity, Plasma

Plasminogen, Plasma

Platelet Aggregates
  See also: Platelet Aggregation Studies, Platelets

Platelet Aggregation Studies, Platelets

Platelet Antibodies Screen, Serum
  See also: Platelet Antibody Screen, Blood

Platelet Antibody Screen, Blood

Platelet Count, Blood

Platelet Crossmatch, Blood
  See also: Platelet Antibody Screen, Blood

Platelet Function Analysis, Blood

Platelet Neutralization Procedure
   APTT with Platelet Lysate (Platelet Neutralization Procedure), Plasma

Platelets, Apheresis, Transfusion

Platelets, Reticulated
   Reticulated Platelet Count, Whole Blood

PM-1 Antibody, Serum

PML/RAR alpha t(15;17) Translocation by RT-PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow

PML/RARA
   Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Bone Marrow), Bone Marrow
   Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Hematological Blood), Peripheral Blood

Pneumococcal Antibodies, IgG (23 serotypes Pre/Post Immunization), Serum

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)

PNH
   Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Screen, Peripheral Blood

Poliovirus Antibodies, Serum

Poliovirus Antibody, Serum

POMGNT1 Sequencing, Whole Blood

POMT1 Sequencing, Whole Blood

POMT2 Sequencing, Whole Blood

Porphobilinogen, Qualitative, Urine, Random
  See also: Porphobilinogen, Quantitative, Urine
   Porphyrins, Quantitative, (Fractionated), Urine

Porphobilinogen, Quantitative, Urine
  See also: Porphobilinogen, Qualitative, Urine, Random
   Porphyrins, Quantitative, (Fractionated), Urine

Porphyrins, Fractionated, Erythrocytes (RBC)

Porphyrins, Quantitative, (Fractionated), Urine
  See also: Aminolevulinic Acid, Quantitative, Urine
   Porphobilinogen, Qualitative, Urine, Random
   Porphobilinogen, Quantitative, Urine

Posaconazole Bioassay, Serum, Plasma, CSF

Post Bone Marrow Transplant Monitoring, Peripheral Blood or Bone Marrow

Potassium, Quantitative, Urine

Potassium, Random, Urine

Potassium, Plasma

Potassium, Whole Blood

PPLO (Pleuro-Pneumonia-Like Organism)
   Mycoplasma IgM Antibody Screen, Serum

PRA
  See also: Progesterone Receptor, Tissue or FNA
   Renin Activity (PRA), Plasma

PRA with Antibody Identification, Class I & II (VAMC), Whole Blood

PRA with Antibody Identification, Class I & II-STAT (VAMC), Whole Blood

PRA with Titration, Class I (VAMC), Whole Blood

PRA with Titration, Class II (VAMC), Whole Blood

PRA, Class I & Class II (VAMC), Whole Blood

Prader-Willi Syndrome, Whole Blood
  See also: Angelman Syndrome, Whole Blood

Prader-Willi/Angelman Syndrome
   Chromosomal Analysis, Peripheral Blood, Cord Blood
   Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Microdeletion), Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow, Fibroblasts, Other Tissue

Prealbumin, Plasma

Predictive Value Theory
  See information in appendix:
  Predictive Value Theory

Pregnancy Screening
   Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma
   Pregnancy Test, Serum
   Pregnancy Test, Urine

Pregnancy Test, Serum
  See also: Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma

Pregnancy Test, Urine
  See also: Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma
   Pregnancy Test, Serum

Prenatal FSHD
   Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD), Prenatal, Fetal Sample (Amniotic or Chorionic Villus), Parental Samples (Whole Blood)

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Whole Blood

Primidone And Metabolite, Plasma

Procainamide, Plasma

Procalcitonin, Serum

Progesterone Receptor, Tissue or FNA
  See also: Estrogen Receptor, Tissue or FNA

Progesterone, Pediatric, Serum

Progesterone, Plasma

Prograf
   Tacrolimus, Whole Blood

Proinsulin, Plasma

Prolactin, Plasma

Prolixin
   Fluphenazine, Serum or Plasma

Prolymphocytic Leukemia
   Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemia, Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow, Fresh Lymph Node, or Fine Needle Aspirate

Pronestyl
   Procainamide, Plasma

Propylene Glycol
   Ethanol/Volatiles Screen (EVS), Plasma
   Glycols (Ethylene and Propylene), Plasma

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Free, Plasma

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Screening, Plasma
  See also: Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Total, Plasma

Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Total, Plasma

Protein C, Functional, Plasma

Protein C, Total Antigen, Plasma

Protein Electrophoresis, Serum

Protein Electrophoresis, Urine

Protein S, Functional, Plasma

Protein, CSF or Body Fluid

Protein, Random, Urine

Proteinase 3 Antibody, Serum

Protein, Plasma

Protein, Urine, Quantitation

Prothrombin Gene Rearrangement
   Factor 5 Leiden/Factor 2 Gene PCR Assay, Whole Blood

Prothrombin Time, Plasma
  See also: Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT), Plasma

Proviral HIV Infant Diagnosis, Whole Blood
   HIV-1 Proviral DNA, Qualitative, PCR, Whole Blood

Proviral HIV Neonatal diagnosis, Whole Blood
   HIV-1 Proviral DNA, Qualitative, PCR, Whole Blood

Prozac
   Fluoxetine and Norfluoxetine, Serum

PR, Tissue
   Progesterone Receptor, Tissue or FNA

PSA
   Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Total, Plasma

Pseudocholinesterase
   Cholinesterase, Serum

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Analysis, Spa Water

PT
   Prothrombin Time, Plasma

PT Mixing Study, Plasma

PTH
   Parathyroid Hormone (Intact), Plasma

PTH Related Protein, Plasma

PTT
   Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT), Plasma

Pulmonary Cytopathology
   Bronchial Brush Cytology, Bronchial Brush
   Bronchial Wash Cytology, Bronchial Wash
   Bronchioalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Cancer Evaluation, Bronchioalveolar Lavage
   Spontaneous Sputum for Cancer Evaluation, Sputum

Purine and Pyrimidine Panel, Urine

Purkinje Cell Cytoplasmic Antibody, Type 1 (PCA-1), Type 2 (PCA-2), Type Tr (PCA-Tr)
   Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, CSF
   Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, Serum

Pyridoxine
   Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Total, Plasma

Pyruvate Kinase Assay, Whole Blood

Pyruvate Kinase Screen
  See also: Pyruvate Kinase Assay, Whole Blood

Pyruvate, CSF
  See also: Pyruvic Acid, (Pyruvate), Blood

Pyruvic Acid, (Pyruvate), Blood

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