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Renal Angiography – Renal artery stenosis arteriography
Renal angiography; Renal artery stenosis - arteriography A renal angiogram is an imaging test to look at the blood vessels in your kidneys. Your healthcare…
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Renal Artery Stenosis Arteriography – Indications, Procedures
Renal artery stenosis - arteriography Renal arteriography is a special x-ray of the blood vessels of the kidneys. The gold standard for diagnosis of…
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Renal scan/Renogram – Indications, Procedures, Results
Renogram; Kidney scan A renal scan is a nuclear medicine exam in which a small amount of radioactive material (radioisotope) is used to measure the function…
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Renal Tubular Epithelial Casts Test
Renal tubular epithelial casts; Waxy casts; Casts in the urine; Fatty casts; Red blood cell casts; White blood cell casts. Casts are formed in…
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Renal Vein Thrombosis Venography – Indications, Procedures
Renal vein thrombosis - venogram A renal venogram is a test to look at the veins in the kidney. It uses x-rays and a special dye…
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Renal Venogram – Indications, Procedures, Results
Venogram - renal; Venography; Venogram - kidney; Renal vein thrombosis - venogram A renal venogram is a test to look at the veins in…
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Renogram; Kidney scan – Indications, Procedures, Results
Renogram; Kidney scan A renal scan is a nuclear medicine exam in which a small amount of radioactive material (radioisotope) is used to measure the function…
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Right Upper Quadrant Sonogram of Abdominal
Right upper quadrant sonogram Abdominal ultrasound is a type of imaging test. It is used to look at organs in the abdomen, including the liver, gallbladder,…
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Secretin Enzyme Stimulation Test
Pancreatic function test The secretin stimulation test measures the ability of the pancreas to respond to a hormone called secretin. The small intestine produces…
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Serum Chromium Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
A serum chromium blood test is used to determine chromium levels for deficiency or toxicity. Chromium is a mineral that the body uses in small…
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Split Night Polysomnography – Indications, Procedures, Results
Split night polysomnography; PSG; OSA - sleep study; Obstructive sleep apnea - sleep study; Sleep apnea - sleep study Polysomnography is a sleep study.…
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Sympathetic Nerves – Types, Functions, Symptoms, Abnormality
Sympathetic nerves run on the front surface of the spinal column and not in the spinal canal with the nerves that provide sensation and…
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T3, T4, TSH Tests – Types, Indications, Contraindications
Thyroid function tests (TFTs) is a collective term for blood tests used to check the function of the thyroid. TFTs may be requested if a patient is thought to…
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Thyroid Function Tests
Thyroid Function tests are used to tell if your thyroid gland is functioning properly by measuring the number of thyroid hormones in your blood.…
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Thyroid Gland Function Tests – Indications, Procedures, Results
The TSH test and the T4 test are the two most common thyroid function tests. The TSH test is often done first because it's the…
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Ureteral Retrograde Brush Biopsy – Indications, Procedure, Results
Ureteral retrograde brush biopsy is a surgical procedure. During the surgery, your surgeon takes a small sample of tissue from the lining of the kidney or…
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Urine Concentration Test – Indications, Procedures, Results
The urine concentration test is also known as the Water loading test; the Water deprivation test is a test that measures whether the kidneys…
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Viagra; Mechanism, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnancy
Viagra is a name that can be given to any herbal product advertised as treating erectile dysfunction. There are many different products advertised as herbal viagra, but…
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Vitamin B12also called cobalamin is a water-soluble vitamin that has a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and the formation of red blood cells. It…
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What Is Kidney Dialysis – Indications, Contraindications
Dialysis is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally. This is referred to as renal…
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What Is Kidney Transplant? – Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
What Is Kidney Transplant?/Kidney Transplant provides superior outcomes to dialysis as a treatment for end-stage kidney disease. Therefore, it is essential that kidney transplantation…
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What Is Pulmonary Function Tests – Indications, Procedures, Results
PFTs; Spirometry; Spirogram; Lung function tests Pulmonary function tests are a group of tests that measure breathing and how well the lungs are functioning.…
