Schilling test

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Spirometry Test

The gold standard in lung testing In the same way that blood pressure measurements provide a simple yet effective screening method for cardiovascular disease, spirometry tests can help to unmask t...

Western blot test

Mumps Skin Test Antigen

Researchers identify biochemical pathway that links nail growth to fingertip regeneration

Mammals possess the remarkable ability to regenerate a lost fingertip, including the nail, nerves and even bone. In humans, an amputated fingertip can sprout back in as little as two months, a phenome...

Fingertip Pulse Oximeter for Mother and Newborn

A new dual-use adult fingertip oximeter has an additional port to attach a proprietary newborn Y-probe sensor for infant...

A Simple Test Assessing Ability To Sit Up From The Floor Predicts Mortality Risk

A simple test that assesses a persons ability to sit and rise from the floor has proved to be a very accurate predictor of mortality risk. The finding comes from a study, published in the European Jou...

Fingernail Research Could Drive Limb Regeneration

Researchers have discovered the biological chain of events that enable mammals to regenerate a lost fingertip. The finding has huge potential and could drive the development of future therapies to reg...

Handheld Fingertip Lactate Measurement Accuracy in the ED

How accurate is a fingertip point of care lactate measurement device compared with traditional lab testing? Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

Women more likely to develop UTI after pelvic-floor surgery

Women who have a positive urine culture test on the day of surgery for a pelvic-floor disorder are more likely to have a urinary tract infection (UTI) in the first six weeks after the procedure.

Fingernails reveal clues to limb regeneration

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Mammals possess the remarkable ability to regenerate a lost fingertip, including the nail, nerves and even bone. In humans, an amp...

Test Of Musculo-Skeletal Fitness - Ability To Sit And Rise From The Floor - Is 'Strong Predictor' Of Mortality In The Middle-Aged And Older

A simple screening test of musculo-skeletal fitness has proved remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality in a study of more than 2000 middle-aged and older men and women. The study, performed in Br...

Validity of the Fingertip-To-Floor Test and Straight Leg Raising Test in Patients With Acute and Subacute Low Back Pain: A Comparison by Sex and Radicular Pain.

Ekedahl KH, Jönsson B, Frobell RB. Validity of the fingertip-to-floor test and straight leg raising test in patients with acute and subacute low back pain: a comparison by sex and radicular pain. OBJ...

How well do observed functional limitations explain the variance in Roland Morris scores in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain undergoing physiotherapy?

PURPOSE: Self-rated activity limitations in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (cLBP) do not correlate well with performance in traditional tests of impairment (e.g. back strength, ROM,...

Mechanical behavior of the fingertip in the range of frequencies and displacements relevant to touch.

It was previously suggested that the mechanical properties of the fingertip could be characterized by elasticity from dc to about 100Hz and by viscosity above this frequency. Using a specifically desi...

Treatment of felons.

OBJECTIVE: The goal of excision of a subcutaneous abscess in the distal pulp of the fingertip is the fast and complete removal of the infected and devitalized tissue. INDICATIONS: Every acute infectio...

Fingertip photoplethysmographic waveform variability and systemic vascular resistance in intensive care unit patients.

Low frequency variability in the fingertip photoplethysmogram (PPG) waveform has been utilized for inferring sympathetic vascular control, but its relationship with a quantitative measure of vascular...