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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures

Medical Definition:	Methods, procedures, and tests performed to diagnose disease, disordered function, or disability.
Guide Notes:	GEN: prefer specifics
Previously Indexed:	Diagnosis (1966-1997)

Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Categories.

	Breath Tests - Any tests done on exhaled air.
	Diagnostic Imaging - Any visual display of structural or functional patterns of organs or tissues for diagnostic evaluation. It includes measuring physiologic and metabolic responses to physical and chemical stimuli, as well as ultramicroscopy.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the cardiovascular system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the digestive system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the endocrine glands or demonstration of their physiological processes.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the nervous system, central and peripheral, or demonstration of neurologic function or dysfunction.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of conditions related to pregnancy, labor, and the puerperium and of diseases of the female genitalia. It includes also demonstration of genital and pregnancy physiology.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the eye or of vision disorders.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Otological - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the ear or of hearing disorders or demonstration of hearing acuity or loss.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope - Any diagnostic evaluation using radioactive (unstable) isotopes. This diagnosis includes many nuclear medicine procedures as well as radioimmunoassay tests.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the respiratory tract or its organs. It includes RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of disease or dysfunction by examination of the pathological site or operative field during surgical intervention.
	Diagnostic Techniques, Urological - Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the urinary tract or its organs or demonstration of its physiological processes.
	Diagnostic Tests, Routine - Diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests and x-rays, routinely performed on all individuals or specified categories of individuals in a specified situation, e.g., patients being admitted to the hospital. These include routine tests administered to neonates.
	Disability Evaluation - Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits.
	Electrodiagnosis - Diagnosis of disease states by recording the spontaneous electrical activity of tissues or organs or by the response to stimulation of electrically excitable tissue.
	Insufflation - The act of blowing a powder, vapor, or gas into any body cavity for experimental, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.
	Kymography - The recording of wavelike motions or undulations. It is usually used on arteries to detect variations in blood pressure.
	Mass Screening - Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.
	Medical History Taking
	Monitoring, Physiologic - The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.
	Myography - The recording of muscular movements. The apparatus is called a myograph, the record or tracing, a myogram. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
	Neoplasm Staging - Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the extent of the neoplasm in the patient.
	Physical Examination - Systematic and thorough inspection of the patient for physical signs of disease or abnormality.
	Premarital Examinations
	Skin Tests - Epicutaneous or intradermal application of a sensitizer for demonstration of either delayed or immediate hypersensitivity. Used in diagnosis of hypersensitivity or as a test for cellular immunity.
	Speech Production Measurement - Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody.
	Xenodiagnosis - A method for diagnosing a disease in one organism by inoculating the putative causative organism in a second animal of a different species. It has been used for the detection of parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi and Trichinella spiralis) when peripheral blood smears are negative. (Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995)

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