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• Title:Medical tests sourcebook : basic consumer health information about medical tests, including age-specific health tests, important health screenings and exams, home-use tests, blood and specimen tests, electrical tests, scope tests, genetic testing, and imaging tests, such as X-rays, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, angiography, and nuclear medicine ; along with a glossary and directory of additional resources / edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck.
  
• Published/Created:Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB120 .M4352 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Diagnosis--Popular works.
  Diagnosis, Laboratory--Popular works.
  Medicine, Popular.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xviii, 654 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Health reference series.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:0780806700
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Essential patient information about medical tests
  Ch. 1. Quick tips when getting medical tests
  Ch. 2. Why doctors order lab tests
  Ch. 3. Identifying quality laboratory services
  Ch. 4. Health insurance
  Ch. 5. Self-ordered tests
  Pt. II. Age-specific health screenings, preventive tests, and exams
  Ch. 6. Genetic and metabolic screening of newborn infants
  Ch. 7. Child health guide : checkup visits, tests, and exams
  Ch. 8. Teen wellness exam
  Ch. 9. Personal health guide for adults : preventive tests and exams
  Ch. 10. Preventive screenings for women
  Ch. 11. Preventive screenings for men
  Pt. III. Screenings and diagnostic tests for specific concerns
  Ch. 12. Cardiovascular disease diagnosis
  Ch. 13. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) diagnosis
  Ch. 14. Colorectal cancer screening
  Ch. 15. Diabetes diagnosis
  Ch. 16. Diagnosing osteoporosis
  Ch. 17. Tests that evaluate asthma and lung disease
  Ch. 18. Allergy testing
  Ch. 19. Vision exams
  Ch. 20. Hearing screening
  Ch. 21. Infertility tests
  Ch. 22. Diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases
  Pt. IV. Home-use tests and assessments
  Ch. 23. Home-use tests : what you need to know
  Ch. 24. Home tests : a physician's perspective
  Ch. 25. Buying diagnostic tests from the Internet : buyer beware!
  Ch. 26. Homes-use tests of blood, body fluids, and specimens
  Ch. 27. Home vision tests
  Ch. 28. Bystander stroke diagnosis
  Ch. 29. Online screening tests
  Ch. 30. Assess your risk for developing obesity-associated diseases
  Pt. V. Testing of blood, body fluids, and specimens
  Ch. 31. How to interpret your blood test results
  Ch. 32. Blood tests
  Ch. 33. Biopsy
  Ch. 34. Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
  Ch. 35. Stool tests
  Ch. 36. Strep screen/throat culture
  Ch. 37. Sweat testing for cystic fibrosis
  Ch. 38. Urine tests
  Pt. VI. Imaging tests
  Ch. 39. X-rays
  Ch. 40. Ultrasound
  Ch. 41. Computed tomography (CT) scan
  Ch. 42. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  Ch. 43. Angiography
  Ch. 44. Nuclear medicine procedures
  Pt. VII. Electrical tests
  Ch. 45. Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  Ch. 46. Electroencephalogram (EEG)/brain wave test
  Ch. 47. Electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocities
  Ch. 48. Exercise stress tests
  Ch. 49. Holter monitor
  Ch. 50. Sleep studies
  Ch. 51. Tilt test
  Pt. VIII. Scope tests
  Ch. 52. Bronchoscopy
  Ch. 53. Cardiac catheterization
  Ch. 54. Colonoscopy
  Ch. 55. Colposcopy and cervical biopsy
  Ch. 56. Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy
  Ch. 57. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  Ch. 58. Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  Ch. 59. Laparoscopy
  Ch. 60. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy
  Pt. IX. Genetic testing
  Ch. 61. brief primer on genetic testing
  Ch. 62. Uses of genetic testing
  Ch. 63. Ordering genetic testing
  Ch. 64. Genetic discrimination in health insurance
  Pt. X. Additional information
  Ch. 65. Glossary of medical tests terms
  Ch. 66. Directory of resources.