Laboratory Medicine procedures, page 2 of 5
20 procedures on this page, alphabetically from Biopsy of thymus to Cytotoxicity assay. Each entry below describes the procedure in full.
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Biopsy of thymus
Removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from thymus for the purpose of detecting or characterizing disease. This page describes biopsy of thymus and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
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Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000410 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › diagnostic procedure by site › clinical biopsy by site.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Biopsy of trachea
About this service. Removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from trachea for the purpose of detecting or characterizing disease.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
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Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000414 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › diagnostic procedure by site › clinical biopsy by site › biopsy of lower respiratory tract.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Body measurement
About this service. Measuring the body or its parts.
As a diagnostic service, body measurement helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001011 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical assessment.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Body temperature measurement
An assessment of body temperature. This page describes body temperature measurement and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
As a diagnostic service, body temperature measurement helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000488 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical assessment.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
Used to diagnose
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Carnitine measurement
About this service. The determination of the amount of carnitine present in the sample.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Also known as
- carnitine assessment
- carnitine test
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001231 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › clinical chemistry assessment › chemical measurement.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Cell measurement
Quantification of cell characteristics, including morphological or physiological parameter of one or more cells in order to determine the health of the patient and/or detect disease. Our Laboratory Medicine team performs cell measurement and explains each step beforehand.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Also known as
- clinical cell assessment
- clinical cell measurement
- clinical cell test
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000029 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Chemical measurement
The determination of the amount of chemical entity present in the sample. Weyland-Yutani Health System offers chemical measurement through Laboratory Medicine.
As a diagnostic service, chemical measurement helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- chemical entity assessment
- chemical entity test
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001236 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › clinical chemistry assessment.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Clinical biopsy
clinical biopsy: A specimen collection from a patient that is used for diagnostic purposes.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
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Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001269 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical biospecimen collection.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical biospecimen collection
A procedure by which biological material is obtained from a subject for testing, diagnostic, treatment, or research purposes. This page describes clinical biospecimen collection and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Also known as
- clinical specimen collection
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000547 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical biospecimen swab collection
Use of a swab as the collection device to obtain clinical specimens. This page describes clinical biospecimen swab collection and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
As a diagnostic service, clinical biospecimen swab collection helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
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Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0009099 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical biospecimen collection.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Clinical chemistry assessment
clinical chemistry assessment: A clinical laboratory procedure designed for the quantification of an organic or inorganic chemical within a biological specimen required for diagnostics or monitoring of treatments.
As a diagnostic service, clinical chemistry assessment helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- clincal chemistry test
- clinical chemistry measurement testing
- clinical chemistry testing
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000566 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical core needle biopsy
clinical core needle biopsy: Use of core needle biopsy to removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from a patient purpose of detecting or characterizing disease.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001271 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical biospecimen collection › clinical biopsy › clinical needle biopsy.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical ELISA testing
A highly sensitive technique for detecting and measuring antigens or antibodies in a solution; the solution is run over a surface to which immobilized antibodies specific to the substance have been attached, and if the substance is present, it will bind to the antibody layer, and its presence is verified and visualized with an application of antibodies that have been tagged in some way. (BioTech Life Science Dictionary) This page describes clinical ELISA testing and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Also known as
- enzyme linked immunosorbent assay testing
- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000610 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › hematology testing › serology testing › clinical immunoassay.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical laboratory procedure
About this service. Any procedure that involves testing or manipulating a sample of blood, urine, or other body substance in a laboratory setting for diagnosis, treatment, or therapy.
As a diagnostic service, clinical laboratory procedure helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- clinical lab testing
- clinical laboratory testing
- clinical testing
- lab testing
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000006 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Clinical needle biopsy
Use of needle biopsy to removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from a patient purpose of detecting or characterizing disease. This page describes clinical needle biopsy and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001274 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical biospecimen collection › clinical biopsy.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Used to diagnose
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Clinical quantitative reverse transcription PCR testing
A method to measure very small amounts of RNA transcripts as cDNA targets from tissue, blood, sputum or other body fluids. Our Laboratory Medicine team performs clinical quantitative reverse transcription PCR testing and explains each step beforehand.
As a diagnostic service, clinical quantitative reverse transcription PCR testing helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- clinical quantitative reverse transcription PCR procedure
- clinical quantitative RT-PCR procedure
- clinical quantitative RT-PCR testing
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000594 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › clinical nucleic acid testing for pathogens › nucleic acid amplification testing.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical real-time PCR testing
A clinical assay that amplifies and quantifies a specific DNA molecule based on in tissue, blood, sputum, urine, or any other bodily fluid to detect the presence of a pathogen. It enables both detection and quantification of one or more specific sequences in a DNA sample. This page describes clinical real-time PCR testing and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
As a diagnostic service, clinical real-time PCR testing helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- clinical qPCR testing
- clinical real-time RT-PCR procedure
- real-time PCR procedure for clinical use
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000593 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › clinical nucleic acid testing for pathogens › nucleic acid amplification testing.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Clinical surgical biopsy
clinical surgical biopsy: Use of surgical biopsy to removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from a patient purpose of detecting or characterizing disease.
As a diagnostic service, clinical surgical biopsy helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0001275 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical biospecimen collection › clinical biopsy.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Cytokine biomarker assessment
A chemokine that can be objectively measured and serves as an indicator for the inflammatory response. This page describes cytokine biomarker assessment and where it is available across Weyland-Yutani Health System.
As a diagnostic service, cytokine biomarker assessment helps your clinician understand your condition. Ask how and when you will receive your results.
Also known as
- cytokine biomarker measurement
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0000553 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › clinical laboratory procedure › biomarker analysis › inflammatory biomarker assessment.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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Cytotoxicity assay
A laboratory test that measures the ability of immune cells (e.g., cytotoxic T cell or natural killer cells) to kill target cells. Weyland-Yutani Health System offers cytotoxicity assay through Laboratory Medicine.
This is a diagnostic service. Results are reviewed by your care team, who will explain what they mean for your treatment.
Classification
Service type: diagnostic.
Ontology identifier: MAXO:0020017 (Medical Action Ontology).
Classification path: diagnostic procedure › diagnostic procedure by site › diagnostic procedure of immune system.
Specialty: Laboratory Medicine
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