Importance of Gold Standard Test

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Importance of Gold Standard Test
Add15years.com Add15years.in Author (Prof.) Dr.
S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family of doctors from
AIIMS, MAMC Delhi University MD Medicine,
USA DM/Fellowship, USA
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Gold Standard Tests
A gold standard test is the diagnostic
test or benchmark that is the best
available under reasonable conditions. A gold
standard test is a best available diagnostic test
for determining whether a patient does or does
not have a disease or condition.
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Why do we need to do Gold Standard Tests?
There are some Gold Standard Blood Tests
everyone should do every year after age 18 till
the rest of our life absolutely. Parents take
care of us till the age of 18. Today, most of us
stay in good health till we get to age 50 and age
60 and we will still stay in good health even up
to our eighties if we fine tune our health
starting at age 18.
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Important blood tests

• Complete blood count
• A routine complete blood count (CBC) test checks
  for levels of 10 different components of every
  major cell in your blood white blood cells, red
  blood cells, and platelets.
• Important components measured by this test
  include red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and
  hematocrit.

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2. Basic metabolic testsA basic metabolic
panel (BMP) checks for levels of certain
compounds in the blood, such as

• Calcium
• Glucose
• Sodium
• Potassium
• Carbon dioxide
• Chloride
• Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

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3.Lipid tests

• This test checks levels of two types of
  cholesterol
• High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or good
  cholesterol
• Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad
  cholesterol

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HDL is good because it removes harmful
substances from your blood and helps the liver
break them down into waste. LDL is bad
because it can cause plaque to develop in your
arteries, increasing your risk of heart disease.
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4.Thyroid tests
A thyroid panel, or thyroid function test, checks
how well your thyroid is producing and reacting
to certain hormones, such as Triiodothyronine
(T3). Along with T4, this regulates your heart
rate and body temperature. T3 resin uptake
(RU). This measures how well a hormone called
thyroxin-binding globulin is binding.
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Thyroxine (T4). Along with T3, this regulates
your metabolism and how you grow.Thyroid-stimula
ting hormone (TSH). This helps regulate the
levels of hormones your thyroid
releases.Your thyroid, a tiny gland in your
neck, helps regulate bodily functions like your
mood, energy level, and overall metabolism.
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5. Vitamin D (we do not spend much time in the
sun and hence lack Vitamin D in our bodies)6.
Vitamin B12 (communities especially in India are
vegetarian and hence low in Vitamin B12)7.
HbA1c It is a gold standard test for diabetes
today, independent of daily fluctuation of
glucose in our blood. There is a dramatic rise of
diabetes all over the world and is happening in
younger population too.
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Although not blood test but these tests are gold
standards for our healthBody Mass Index
(BMI)Blood PressureUrine Dipstick test, which
is not a blood test, but easy to do at home,
should also be done yearly.
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