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As part of the comprehensive
annual health assessment, the lab review is an executive
health resource used as a vital part of the corporate wellness
program benefit. Every comprehensive
physical health assessment and health history assessment
needs a comprehensive lab review to enhance these corporate
wellness program benefits. After blood is drawn and analyzed
it will be available as a secured online lab review for your
executives.
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
– The Complete Blood Count (CBC) is used as a broad health
assessment tool to determine general health status for employee
wellness and to screen for such disorders as anemia, infection,
and many other diseases. It is actually a panel of tests that
examines different parts of the blood. White Blood Cells (WBC)’s
may help confirm that an infection is present, decreases in
the number of Red Blood Cells (RBC) (anemia) can cause fatigue
or weakness, a platelet count that is low or extremely high
may confirm the cause of excessive bleeding or clotting.
Automated White Cell
Differential – A percentage of the different types
of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes, lymphocytes,
monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. The WBC count provides
clues about certain illnesses. An elevated WBC count occurs
in infection, allergy, systemic illness, inflammation, tissue
injury, and leukemia. A low WBC count may occur in some viral infections,
immunodeficiency states, and bone marrow failure.
Erythrocyte Sedimentation
Rate (ESR) – A nonspecific screening test for various
diseases. It can be used to monitor inflammatory or malignant
disease. Although it is a screening test (cannot be used to
diagnose a specific disorder), it is useful in detecting and
monitoring tuberculosis, tissue necrosis (death), rheumatologic
disorders, or an otherwise unsuspected disease in which symptoms
are vague or physical findings are minimal.
Lipid Panel –
A blood test that measures lipids—fats and fatty substances
in the bloodstream. The tests that make up a lipid profile
are tests that have been shown to be good indicators of whether
someone is likely to have a heart attack or stroke caused
by blockage of blood vessels (hardening of the arteries).
The results of the lipid profile are considered along with
other known risk factors of heart
disease to develop a plan of treatment and follow-up.
Recommendations are made in keeping with current guidelines.
Comprehensive Metabolic
Panel (CMP) – A blood test that measures your sugar
level, electrolyte and fluid balance, kidney function, and
liver function. The Complete Metabolic Panel (CMP) is used
as a broad screening tool to evaluate organ function and check
for conditions such as diabetes,
liver
disease, and kidney
disease. The CMP may also be ordered to monitor known
conditions, such as hypertension, and to monitor patients
taking specific medications for any kidney- or liver-related
side effects.
Urinalysis –
It can reveal diseases that have gone unnoticed because they
do not produce obvious signs or symptoms. Examples include
diabetes
mellitus, various forms of kidney disease, hydration status,
and chronic urinary tract infections. Diseases of other organs
may result in the appearance of abnormal metabolites (break-down
products) in the urine.
Thyroid Panel –
This determines how well your thyroid gland is working. Thyroid
Stimulating Hormone (TSH) controls the thyroid gland. If the
TSH level is either decreased or increased, this could indicate
thyroid disease. Free Thyroxine (FT4) is the thyroid hormone
that influences many organs in the body. The hormones produced
by the Thyroid gland are essential to stimulating metabolism,
growth, and the body's capacity to process calories. The most
common thyroid problem is an under active thyroid, otherwise
known as hypothyroidism.
High Sensitivity C-Reactive
Protein (hsCRP) – This is most often used to help
predict a healthy person's risk of cardiovascular
disease. The CRP molecule itself is not a harmful molecule
in the body. The higher level of CRP is simply a reflection
of higher than normal inflammation. The measurement of CRP
does not reflect where the inflammation is. It may come from
cells in the fatty deposits in arterial walls that reflect
the process of atherosclerosis. It may come from other tissues.
People with the highest values have the highest risk of cardiovascular
disease and those with the lowest values have the lowest risk.
Glycated Hemoglobin
(HgbA1C) – (Only As Indicated) This measures your
overall blood glucose (sugar) control for the past two to
three months. The HgbA1C test is not the same as the blood
glucose test, which measures your blood sugar level at the
time of the test. As the hemoglobin in red blood cells moves
through your blood stream, it picks up a glucose coating,
or glycosylzation. The higher your blood glucose, the more
coating your blood cells will pick up. This test measures
the amount of coating the blood cells have picked up over
the past two to three months - about as long as the average
red blood cell lives in your blood stream. This is the standard
test used to monitor overall control of diabetes.
Prostate Specific Antigen
(PSA) – (Only for Men over 50 years of age) PSA is
released into a man's blood by his prostate gland. Healthy
men have low amounts of PSA in the blood. The amount of PSA
in the blood normally increases as a man's prostate enlarges
with age. PSA may increase as a result of an injury, a digital
rectal exam, sexual activity (ejaculation), inflammation of
the prostate gland (prostatitis), or prostate
cancer.
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