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Is serum better for testing pregnancy than urine?

The first urine test is the best for a pregnancy test.


What type of pregnancy test is serum pregnancy test?

A serum pregnancy test is a blood test performed in a physician's office or laboratory to get quantitative hCG. A "triple screen" is a blood test for hCG, AFP, and uE3. The other type of pregnancy test is an over-the-counter test which examines urine for the presence of hCG.


Can you use blood on a urine pregnancy test?

That depends.. on certain hCG test. It is recommended to read the manual of your urine pregnancy test. Some test accept blood/serum, but some test do not.


Pregnancy blood test is positive but the urine is negative?

A serum hCG will be positive for pregnancy at 25mIU/ml, the urine test, although just as accurate needs a stronger concentration of 50mIU/ml to 100mIU/ml depending on the brand - this means the serum (blood) test will test positive 2 to 3 days sooner than urine.


What is Serum analysis blood test for what diagnose?

serum analysis test for


What is serum test?

Blood test


How toxity of serum can be tested?

how can you test for any toxity in blood serum or serum tears.


Can you be pregnant if your hometest came back negative and you had IVF?

Commonly a serum pregnancy test is checked 14 days after egg retrieval in an IVF cycle. Sometimes if a patient performs a home pregnancy test at that time instead, it could read false negative even though she may actually be pregnant. This is because the home test cannot detect low levels of the HCG hormone, however a serum test can. For this reason most IVF centers advise against taking a home test


What does hCG mean?

'Hcg' means hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test


Can a urine pregnancy test keep showing negative but be positive on a blood test and be pregnant?

Yes. I don't know how but it can happen. I cannot use the urine preg. tests , I have to have the serum and then it has to be the quantitate not the yes or no one.


Which laboratory test can detect hypocalcemia?

serum calcium test


What test assess the electrolyte levels?

serum sodium, serum potassium and s. chloride.