Everything you need to know about medical test / Michael Shaw, ed.

Chap.1 X-rays :Screening for illness or injury,Chap.2 CAT & MRI Scans:Diagnosing with High-Tech Help,Chap.3 Nuclear Medicine Scans:Picturing Internal Organs, Ultrasound Scans:Interpreting Echoes,Chap.5 Heart & Brain Monitoring:Checking Vital Functions,Chap.6 Endoscopy :Peering through the Body's Passageway,Chap.7 Biopsies:Checking for Cancer,Chap.8 Vision & Hearing Tests:Evaluating the Body's Respnses,Chap.10 Blood cell & Clotting Tests:Screening for Blood Diseases,Chap.11 Bloood element Tests:Surveying for Disease,Chap.12 Hormone Tests:Tracking the Body's Messengers,Chap.13 Imune System Tests:Studying the Body's Defenses,Chap.14 Unrine Tests:Examining the Body's Excess Fluids,Chap.15 Cultures :Pinpointing the Cause of Infection,Chap.16 Fluid Analysis :Evaluating the Body's Other Liquids .

Contains medical tests such as blood tests,tests of urnie,tests of tiny samples of issue from the breasts and internal organs,and tests of the fluids in the spine,around the lungs,and in the abdomen.Includes are also X-rays,vision and hearing tests,exercise tests,and scans of the heart,lungs ,bones and brain.Each test in the book will facilitate answers to to the following questions:Why is this test done?,What should you know before the test?,What happens durin this tes?,What happnes after the test?,Does the test have risks?,What are the normal results?,If the results are abnormal,what do they mean?