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Epiglottitis is a medical emergency. Seek immediate medical help.
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Diagnosis begins with a high level of suspicion that a quickly progressing illness with fever, sore throat, and airway obstruction is very likely to be epiglottitis. If epiglottitis is suspected, no efforts should be made to look at the throat, or...
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Diagnosis begins with a high level of suspicion that a quickly progressing illness with fever, sore throat, and airway obstruction is very likely to be epiglottitis. If epiglottitis is suspected, no efforts should be made to look at the throat or ...
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During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient''s body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems.
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A neck x-ray is an imaging test to look at cervical vertebrae, the seven bones in the neck area.This test is performed in a hospital radiology department or in the health care provider’s office by an x-ray technologist. You will lie on the x...
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Endoscopy is a way of looking inside the body using a flexible tube that has a small camera on the end of it. This instrument is called an endoscope.There are many types of endoscopes.
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Laryngoscopy is examination of the larynx(voice box) using either a small mirror held against the back of your palate, or a viewing tube called a laryngoscope.
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Laryngoscopy is a procedure used to view the inside of the larynx(the voice box).The purpose of seeing inside the larynx is to assess the vocal cords and to detect tumors, foreign bodies, nerve or structural injury, or other abnormalities.A patien...
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Laryngoscopy refers to a procedure used to view the inside of the larynx(the voice box).The purpose and advantage of seeing inside the larynx is to detect tumors, foreign bodies, nerve or structural injury, or other abnormalities. Two methods allo...
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Laryngoscopy refers to a procedure used to view the inside of the larynx(the voice box).The purpose and advantage of seeing inside the larynx is to detect tumors, foreign bodies, nerve or structural injury, or other abnormalities. Two methods allo...
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A blood culture is a laboratory test to check for bacteria or other microorganisms in a blood sample. Most cultures check for bacteria.A culture may be done using a sample of blood, tissue, stool, urine, or other fluid from the body.
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A blood culture is done when a person has symptoms of a blood infection, also called bacteremia. Blood is drawn from the person one or more times and is tested in a laboratory to find and identify any microorganism present and growing in the blood.
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A blood culture is a lab test designed to detect the presence of bacteria, yeast, or fungi in the bloodstream. A routine blood culture involves injecting a sample of the patient''s blood into two bottles of sterile nutrient broth(one for aerobes an...
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Fever evaluation tests, better known as febrile agglutinins tests, are performed to detect the presence of antibodies in the blood that are sensitive to temperature changes. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system in response to spec...
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A complete blood count(CBC) test measures the following:.The number of red blood cells(RBCs) The number of white blood cells(WBCs) The total amount of hemoglobin in the blood The fraction of the blood composed of red blood cells( hematocrit) The s...
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One of the most commonly ordered clinical laboratory tests, a blood count, also called a complete blood count(CBC), is a basic evaluation of the cells(red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) suspended in the liquid part of the blood(pla...
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A complete blood count(CBC) is a series of tests used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood. It consists of the following tests: red blood cell(RBC) count, white blood cell(WBC) count, and platelet count...
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The clinical laboratory test that evaluates the three main cellular components of peripheral blood(red cells, white cells, and platelets) is called the"complete blood count"(CBC). It is used commonly to assess whether a patient is anemic(low red c...
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A complete blood count(CBC) is a series of tests used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood. It consists of the following tests: red blood cell(RBC) count, white blood cell(WBC) count, and platelet count...
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A throat swab culture is a laboratory test done to isolate and identify organisms that may cause infection in the throat.You will be asked to tilt your head back and open your mouth wide. The health care provider rubs a sterile cotton swab along t...
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A throat culture is a technique for identifying disease bacteria in material taken from the throat. Most throat cultures are done to rule out infections caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci, which cause strep throat.
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A throat culture is a microbiological procedure for identifying disease-causing bacterial organisms in material taken from the throat. A throat swab will capture the causative organism in most cases and the culture will allow the specific organism...
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A throat culture is a technique for identifying disease-causing microorganisms in material taken from the throat. Most throat cultures are performed to identify infections caused by Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, which cause strep throat.The...
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Although many people assume that a sore throat means strep throat, most sore throats are not strep.
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Strep bacteria pass from one person to another through nose and throat fluids when an infected person coughs or sneezes or touches another person or object with a hand contaminated by these fluids.
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A WBC count is a blood test to measure the number of white blood cells(WBCs).White blood cells help fight infections. They are also called leukocytes.
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A white blood cell(WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient''s blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.This test is included in general health examinat...
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A white blood cell(WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient''s blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.This test is included in general health examinat...
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Nasopharyngeal culture is a sample of secretions from the uppermost part of the throat, behind the nose, to detect organisms that can cause disease.Culture- nasopharyngeal; Swab for respiratory viruses; Swab for Staph carriage.You will be asked to...
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A nasopharyngeal culture is used to identify pathogenic(disease causing) organisms present in the nasal cavity that may cause upper respiratory tract symptoms.Some organisms that cause upper respiratory infections are carried primarily in the naso...
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A nasopharyngeal culture is a microbiology test used to identify pathogenic organisms present in the nasal cavity that may be the cause of an upper respiratory tract illness or may be transmitted by carriers to persons susceptible to infection.Som...
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