Medical Tests Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information about Medical Tests, Including Age-Specific Health Tests, Important Health Screenings and Exams, ... Reference Series) (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 2 Sub edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Published: May 1, 2004
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 654
ISBN-13: 9780780806702
Subjects: Laboratory Medicine; Medical; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; Diagnosis; Reference; General; Diagnosis, Laboratory; Medicine, Popular; Popular works
Table of contents: title: Essential patient information about medical tests. Quick tips when getting medical tests -- Why doctors order lab tests -- Identifying quality laboratory services -- Health insurance -- Self-ordered tests -- Age-specific health screenings, preventive tests, and exams. Genetic and metabolic screening of newborn infants -- Child health guide : checkup visits, tests, and exams -- Teen wellness exam -- Personal health guide for adults : preventive tests and exams -- Preventive screenings for women -- Preventive screenings for men -- Screenings and diagnostic tests for specific concerns. Cardiovascular disease diagnosis -- Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) diagnosis -- Colorectal cancer screening -- Diabetes diagnosis -- Diagnosing osteoporosis -- Tests that evaluate asthma and lung disease -- Allergy testing -- Vision exams -- Hearing screening -- Infertility tests -- Diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases -- Home-use tests and assessments. Home-use tests : what you need to know -- Home tests : a physician's perspective -- Buying diagnostic tests from the Internet : buyer beware! -- Home-use tests of blood, body fluids, and specimens -- Home vision tests -- Bystander stroke diagnosis -- Online screening tests -- Assess your risk for developing obesity-associated diseases -- Testing of blood, body fluids, and specimens. How to interpret your blood test results -- Blood tests -- Biopsy -- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) -- Stool tests -- Strep screen / throat culture -- Sweat testing for cystic fibrosis -- Urine tests -- Imaging tests. X-rays -- Ultrasound -- Computed tomography (CT) scan -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Angiography -- Nuclear medicine procedures -- Electrical tests. Electrocardiogram (EKG) -- Electroencephalogram (EEG) / brain wave test -- Electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocities -- Exercise stress tests -- Holter monitor -- Sleep studies -- Tilt test -- Scope tests. Bronchoscopy -- Cardiac catheterization -- Colonoscopy -- Colposcopy and cervical biopsy -- Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy -- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) -- Flexible sigmoidoscopy -- Laparoscopy -- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy -- Genetic testing. A brief primer on genetic testing -- Uses of genetic testing -- Ordering genetic testing -- Genetic discrimination in health insurance -- Additional information. Glossary of medical tests terms -- Directory of resources.