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  • Lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH)

    Article
    04/22/08, Healthwise

    Lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme that helps produce energy. It is present in almost all of the tissues in the body and becomes elevated in response to cell damage. LDH levels are measured from a sample of blood taken from a

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  • Gallium Scan

    Medical Test
    01/05/09, Healthwise

    A gallium scan is a nuclear medicine test. A nuclear medicine test uses a special camera to take pictures of specific tissues in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or radioisotope) makes them visible. Each type of tissu

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  • Mediastinoscopy

    Medical Test
    03/21/07, Healthwise

    Mediastinoscopy is a surgical procedure to examine the inside of the upper chest between and in front of the lungs (mediastinum).

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  • Mepivacaine

    Drug
    12/20/07, Healthwise

    Before receiving this medication, tell your doctor if you have liver disease, kidney disease, high or low blood pressure, asthma or a sulfite allergy, a history of heart disease or stroke, heart block or coronary artery disease, a heart rhythm disord

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  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection - Exams and Tests

    Article
    07/16/08, Healthwise

    In otherwise healthy people, it is not usually necessary to distinguish respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection from a common cold. A doctor may suspect RSV infection as the cause of symptoms when there is evidence of a recent co

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  • Bronchoscopy

    Medical Test
    06/06/07, Healthwise

    Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look at your airway through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope. During a bronchoscopy, your doctor will examine your throat, larynx, trachea, and lower airways.

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  • Tuberculin Skin Tests

    Medical Test
    05/18/07, Healthwise

    A tuberculin skin test is done to see if you have ever had tuberculosis (TB) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). It is done by putting a small amount of TB protein (antigens) under the top layer of skin on your inner forearm. If you have ever been

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  • Medical history and physical exam for tuberculosis (TB)

    Article
    05/16/07, Healthwise

    When you give your medical history, your doctor collects information about whether you are likely to have tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection. An active infection can spread to other people. A latent infection cannot spread to other

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  • Tuberculosis (TB) - Exams and Tests

    Article
    05/16/07, Healthwise

    Diagnosing active TB in the lungs

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  • Lung Biopsy

    Medical Test
    03/21/07, Healthwise

    A lung biopsy removes a small piece of lung tissue which can be looked at under a microscope. The biopsy can be done in 4 ways. The method used depends on where the sample will be taken from and your overall health.

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