Important medical tests and related diseases
Important Tests :
- Adom test – Scoliosis
- Allen test – ABG Analysis
- Aldehyde test – Leprosy
- Phosphate test – Pasteurization
- Patch test – Allergic Reaction
- Tourniquet test – Dengue
- Urea Breath test – H.Pylori
- Schick test – Diphtheria
- Dick test – Scarlet Fever
- Rothers test – Acetone in Urine
- Hey test – Bile Salt Urine
- Smith test – Bile Pigment Urine
- Benedict test – Urine Glucose
- Kveim test – Sarcoidosis
- Rinne & Webber test – Hearing
- Direct Coomb test – Hemolytic Anemia
- Ischiara test – Color Vision test
- Snellen Chart test – Distance Vision
- Confrontation test – Central and Peripheral Vision
- Jegar’s type Card test – Near Vision
- Schiling test – Vitamin B12 Absorption
- Histamine test – Leprosy
- Roller Over test – Pre-Eclampsia
- Fern Test or Nitrizine test – leakage of Amniotic fluid
- VDRL test – Syphilis
- VMA (Vanellyl Mandelic Acid) – Pheochromocytoma
- Glucose Tolerance test – Diabetes Mellitus
- Glycosylated Hemoglobin /Hb1AC test – Diabetes Mellitus
- Water Deprivation test – Diabetes Insipidus
- Treadmill / Stress test – Heart Function
- Triple test – Down Syndrome
- D-Dimer test – Measuring Clot formation (DVT, PE, DIC)
- Trendelenburg test – VericoseVein
- Phallen / Tinnel test -Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Gold QuntiFeron test -Tuberculosis
- Bangle Test – Protein Energy Malnutrition
- Tensilon test -Myasthenia Gravis
- Romberg test -Neurological Function / Balance or Gait
- Knee Kiss test -Meningitis in Children
- Tzank test – Herpes Genital or Vericella
- Frie test -Lymphogranuloma inguinale
- Widal test – Typhoid (on2ndweek)
- Weilfelix test – Typhoidfever
- Bonny test / Marshall test – Stress Incontinence
- Binnet test – Intelligence Quotient
- Sweat Chloride test – Cystic fibrosis
- Hanging Drop test – Cholera
- Paul Bunnel test – Epstien Barr Virus
- Shake test / Bubble test – Surfactant and Fetal Lungs Maturity
- Rubin test – Patency of Fallopian Tube
- Tape test – Pin Worm
- Ortho Tolidin test – Check Chlorine in Water
- Dexa Scan – Bone Metabolic Disease (eg.Osteoporosis)
- Heel to Shin test – Body Coordination Test
- Halo test – CSF Leakage
- Dexamethasone Suppression test – ACTH or Pituitary / Adrenal Gland Tumor
- Arthrocentesis – Joint Inflammation and Infection
- Holter Monitoring – 24 Hours ECG Monitoring in Dysarhythmia
- Pulmonary Function test – Measure Lung Volume and Capacity (By-Spirometer)
- SGOT & SGPT (AST/ALT) – Liver Function Test
- PAP’s Smear – Cancer of Cervix
- Creatinine Clearance test – Estimation of GFR
- Wood’s Light Examination – Superficial Infection of Skin
- Burrow Ink test – Scabies / The Itch
- Braden Scale – To Measure integrity of Bed Sore.