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Hb A1C Test Blood test used to: diagnose diabetes identify people at risk of developing diabetes monitor how well blood sugar levels are being controlled by the diabetic patient Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) Test performed on blood to determine the level of sugar in the bloodstream. Also ref...
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How blood tests are performed by a professional nurse.
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Tuberculosis Skin Tests: - Test performed to identify the presence of the Tubercle bacilli. - The tine, Heaf, or Mantoux test are used.
SNP Polymorphysim Microarray Chip - How to Test a Person's DNA
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To test a person's DNA, a researcher first needs a source of tissue. Most of the cells in a blood sample are red blood cells, which lack nuclei, but there are also a number of white blood cells, which do contain nuclei and chromosomal DNA. If we could see a particular DNA sequence in these cel...
Labor and Delivery - Infant Cord Apgar
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As soon as your baby is born, a delivery nurse will set one timer for one minute and another for five minutes. When each of these time periods is up, a nurse or physician will give your baby her first "tests," called Apgars. This scoring system (named after its creator, Virginia Apgar) helps t...
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Sigmoidoscopy is also a diagnostic test for people who have rectal bleeding, a change in bowel habits, or other symptoms. Finding polyps in the lower part of the colon means there is a higher chance of having them elsewhere in the colon.
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Hyperglycemia means high (hyper) glucose (gly) in the blood (emia). Your body needs glucose to properly function. Your cells rely on glucose for energy. Hyperglycemia is a defining characteristic of diabetes—when the blood glucose level is too high because the body isn't properly using or doesn...
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Spirometry is a common test used to assess how well your lungs work by measuring how much air you inhale, how much you exhale and how quickly you exhale. Spirometry is used to diagnose asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other conditions that affect breathing
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The elbow pronation test is performed by placing a hand on the elbow, flexing the carpus to 90 degrees, and rotating the toes out (thus inwardly rotating the antebrachium), which places stress on the medial compartment of the elbow. Pronation – Lying prone (face downward); also turning the p...
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