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Cervical Spine CT Scan – Indications, Procedures, Results
CAT scan of cervical spine; Computed axial tomography scan of cervical spine; Computed tomography scan of cervical spine; CT scan of cervical spine; Neck…
Cervical Spondylosis – Causes, Symptom, Diagnosis, Treatment
Cervical spondylosis is a generalized disease process affecting all levels of the cervical spine. Cervical spondylosis encompasses a sequence of degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs, osteophytosis…
Chest Examination – Indications, Procedure, Results
Chest examination consists of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. The inspection process initiates and continues throughout the patient encounter. Palpation, confirmed by percussion, assesses…
Chest MRI – Indications, Procedures, Results
Nuclear magnetic resonance - chest; Magnetic resonance imaging - chest; NMR - chest; MRI of the thorax; Thoracic MRI A chest MRI (magnetic resonance…
Chest PET Scan – Indications, Procedures, Results
A Chest positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive substance (called a tracer) to look for diseases in the…
Chikungunya Fever; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Chikungunya Fever is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It can cause high…
Chloride Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
A chloride test measures the level of chloride in your blood or urine. Chloride is one of the most important electrolytes in the blood. It…
Cholesterol Test – Indications, Contraindications
Cholesterol Test is a sterol compound found in most human body tissues. From a physiologic standpoint, cholesterol and its derivatives are vitally crucial for…
Chromium Blood Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
Serum chromium Chromium is a mineral that affects insulin, carbohydrate, fat, and protein levels in the body. This article discusses the test to check…
Citric Acid Urine Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
Urine - the citric acid test A citric acid urine test measures the level of citric acid in urine. How the Test is Performed…
Clean Catch Urine Sample – Indications, Procedure, Results
Urine culture - clean catch; Urinalysis - clean catch; Clean catch urine specimen; Urine collection - clean catch; UTI - clean catch; Urinary tract…
Clinical Examination of Lower Limb Deformity
Clinical Examination of Lower Limb Deformity/When a child is born, it has 10-15 degrees of physiological genu varum, 5-degree internal tibial torsion and external…
CMV Serology Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
CMV antibody tests The CMV serology test determines the presence of antibodies to a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the blood. How the Test…
CO2 Blood Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
CO2 is carbon dioxide. This article discusses the laboratory test to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the liquid part of your blood,…
CO2 Blood Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
CO2 is carbon dioxide. This article discusses the laboratory test to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the liquid part of your blood,…
Coccydynia; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Coccydynia means the inflammation of the tailbone (coccyx or bony area located deep between the buttocks above the anus) is referred to as coccydynia.…
Cold Allergy – Defination, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Cold Allergy also known as allergic diseases are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic…
Cold Knife Cone Biopsy – Indications, Procedure, Results
Cone biopsy; Biopsy - cone; Cervical conization; CKC; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - cone biopsy; CIN - cone biopsy; Precancerous changes of the cervix -…
Cold Knife Cone Biopsy Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
A cold knife cone biopsy (conization) is surgery to remove a sample of abnormal tissue from the cervix. The cervix is the lower part…
Colon Cancer Sigmoidoscopy – Indications, Procedures, Results
Colon cancer sigmoidoscopy; Colorectal sigmoidoscopy; Rectal sigmoidoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding - sigmoidoscopy; Rectal bleeding - sigmoidoscopy; Melena - sigmoidoscopy; Blood in stool - sigmoidoscopy; Polyps…
Colonoscopy – Indications, Procedures, Results
Colon cancer - colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer - colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - screening; Colon polyps - colonoscopy; Ulcerative colitis - colonoscopy; Crohn disease - colonoscopy; Diverticulitis…
Color Vision Test – Indications, Procedure, Results
Eye test - color; Vision test - color; Ishihara color vision test A color vision test checks your ability to distinguish between different colors.…
Color Vision Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
Eye test - color; Vision test - color; Ishihara color vision test A color vision test checks your ability to distinguish between different colors.…
Colostomy – Indications, Contraindications
Colostomy care, as the name suggests, is an all-encompassing term referring to colostomy management, from its creation to peristomal skin management, to colostomy appliance…
