What is a 'chem-screen' test?

What is a 'chem-screen' test?

Charles Farthing (Chief of Medicine, AIDS Healthcare Foundation) gives expert video advice on: Why do I need to take lab tests if I have HIV? and more...

"Chem-screen" is an analysis of various different levels of different chemicals in the blood hence chem-screen. And what the usual chem-screen is looking at is the concentration of salt in the blood. The chem-screen test also includes the liver-function tests which is certain levels of liver enzymes, and the kidney function tests which is the blood level of creatinine. So a chem-screen has multiple results that tell us whether the blood glucose and the kidneys and the liver are functioning well.