Category: Rx Lab Test (A – Z)

Percutaneous pericardiocentesis; Pericarditis – pericardiocentesis; Pericardial effusion – pericardiocentesis Pericardiocentesis is a procedure that uses a needle to remove fluid from the pericardial sac....

Transthoracic needle aspiration; Percutaneous needle aspiration A lung needle biopsy is a method to remove a piece of lung tissue for examination. If it...

Percutaneous biopsy A liver biopsy is a test that takes a sample of tissue from the liver for examination. How the Test is Performed Most of...

Peptic ulcer disease – H. pylori ; PUD – H. pylori Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is the bacteria (germ) responsible for most stomach and duodenal ulcers and many...

Respiratory inductance plethysmography; Penile pulse volume recording; Pulse volume recordings; Segmental pulse volume recordings Plethysmography is used to measure changes in volume in different...

X-ray – pelvis A pelvis x-ray is a picture of the bones around both hips. The pelvis connects the legs to the body. How the...

MRI – pelvis; MRI – hips; Pelvic MRI with the prostate probe; Magnetic resonance imaging – pelvis A pelvis MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan...

Gynecologic ultrasound; Transabdominal ultrasound A pelvic (transabdominal) ultrasound is an imaging test. It is used to examine organs in the pelvis. How the Test...

Pelvic ultrasound – abdominal Ultrasound pelvis; Pelvic ultrasonography; Pelvic sonography; Pelvic scan; Lower abdomen ultrasound; Gynecologic ultrasound; Transabdominal ultrasound A pelvic (transabdominal) ultrasound is...

MRI – pelvis; MRI – hips; Pelvic MRI with the prostate probe; Magnetic resonance imaging – pelvis A pelvis MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan...

Pelvic CT scan CAT scan – pelvis; Computed axial tomography scan – pelvis; Computed tomography scan – pelvis; CT scan – pelvis A computed tomography...

Lung ventilation/perfusion scan; Pulmonary embolism – V/Q scan; PE- V/Q scan; Blood clot – V/Q scan A pulmonary ventilation/perfusion scan involves two nuclear scan tests to...

Porphobilinogen test Porphobilinogen (PBG) is one of several types of porphyrins found in your body. Porphyrins help form many important substances in the body....

Cholangiogram – PTCA; PTC; PBD-Precutaneous Biliary drainage A percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTCA) is an x-ray of the bile ducts. These are the tubes that...

Heterophile agglutination test; Paul-Bunnell test; Forssman antibody test The mononucleosis spot test looks for 2 antibodies in the blood. These antibodies appear during or after an...

Patch tests – allergy; Scratch tests – allergy; Skin tests – allergy; RAST test; Allergic rhinitis – allergy testing; Asthma – allergy testing; Eczema...

APTT; PTT; Activated partial thromboplastin time Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) is a blood test that looks at how long it takes for blood to...

Sucrose hemolysis test; Hemolytic anemia sugar water hemolysis test; Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria sugar water hemolysis test; PNH sugar water hemolysis test The sugar-water hemolysis...

Anti-P antibody; Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria – Donath-Landsteiner The Donath-Landsteiner test is a blood test to detect harmful antibodies related to a rare disorder called paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria ....

PTHrp; PTH-related peptide The parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-RP) test measures the level of a hormone in the blood, called parathyroid hormone-related protein. How the...