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Routine investigations and their purposes
New patients in the outpatient and inpatient areas
traditionally undergo a series of investigations as part of their assessments.
Suggested routine investigations for new (young)
adult outpatients include:
Thyroid Function Test
Liver Function Test
These would help screen for general ill health (ESR), anaemia, alcohol dependence,
diabetes mellitus, hypothy
roidism,
hyperthyroidism, renal failure, and electrolyte
imbalances.
Suggested routine investigations for new (young) adult
inpatients include:
Full Blood Count
ESR
Random Glucose Urea and Electrolytes Thyroid Function Test
Liver Function Test
Syphilis Screen (TPRA and V-DRL)
Comprehensive Drug Screen
For new (young) adult inpatients with first psychotic illness it would also be essential
to have:
A CT or NMR Scan of the Brain
An EEG
Serum Autoantibodies
These would help screen for general ill health (ESR), anaemia, alcohol dependence,
diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, renal failure, electrolyte imbalances,
neurosyphilis, drug-induced psychoses, intracranial tumours or lesions, epilepsy and SLE.
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Version 4.0
October 2000