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Test ID: 800058    
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD), Serum

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

800058

NY State Approved Indicates the status of NY State approval and if the test is orderable for NY State clients.

No

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Investigation of a variety of diseases involving the heart, liver, muscle, kidney, lung, and blood

 

Monitoring changes in tumor burden after chemotherapy, although, LD elevations in patients with cancer are too erratic to be of use in the diagnosis of cancer

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

Photometric Rate

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD), S

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD), S
LD (Lactate Dehydrogenase)
LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)
JC/LD