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2. Blood culture - Wikipedia

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   A blood culture is a medical laboratory test used to detect bacteria or fungi in a person's blood. ... One of the first known procedures, published in 1869, ...

3. Venipuncture - Wikipedia

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   The blood culture bottle contains transport media to preserve any microorganisms present while they are being transported to the laboratory for cultures. Because it is unknown whether the pathogens are anaerobic (living without oxygen) or aerobic (living with oxygen), blood is collected to test for both. The aerobic bottle is filled first, and ...

4. List of medical abbreviations: B - Wikipedia

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   blood culture: bld: blood: BLE: Bilateral Lower Extremity (in/on both legs). BLS: basic life support: BM: bone marrow bowel movement breast milk Capillary blood glucose (British medical colloquialism originating from Boehringer Mannheim, a manufacturer of early glucose meters, today a part of Boehringer Ingelheim.) BMBx: Bone marrow biopsy: BMC ...

5. Blood test - Wikipedia

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   A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholesterol test , are often grouped together into one test panel called a blood panel or blood work .

6. Template:Table of blood sampling tubes - Wikipedia

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   Blood culture bottle: Sodium polyanethol sulfonate (anticoagulant) and growth media for microorganisms: Usually drawn first for minimal risk of contamination. [1] Two bottles are typically collected in one blood draw; one for aerobic organisms and one for anaerobic organisms. [2] Blue ("light blue") Sodium citrate (weak calcium chelator ...

7. Long Covid blood test offers first clues into what causes the ...

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   "It's really hard to do that by measuring blood." He was not involved with the new study. Long Covid affects 1 in 13 U.S. adults , or 7.5%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

8. Simple blood test could predict a person’s heart disease risk ...

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   A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person’s 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found.. Doctors have long ...

9. List of medical tests - Wikipedia

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   A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment. The tests are classified by speciality field, conveying in which ward of a hospital or by which specialist doctor these tests are usually performed.