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  2. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    The day before the colonoscopy (or colorectal surgery), the patient is either given a laxative preparation (such as bisacodyl, phospho soda, sodium picosulfate, or sodium phosphate and/or magnesium citrate) and large quantities of fluid, or whole bowel irrigation is performed using a solution of polyethylene glycol and electrolytes.

  3. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    The first test is read 48–72 hours after injection. If the first test is positive, consider the person infected. If the first test is negative, give a second test one to three weeks after the first injection. The second test is read 48–72 hours after injection. If the second test is positive, consider the person infected in the distant past ...

  4. COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    As these tests detect RNA but not infectious virus, its "ability to determine duration of infectivity of patients is limited". [178] The test is typically done on respiratory samples obtained by a nasopharyngeal swab; however, a nasal swab or sputum sample may also be used. [179] [180] Results are generally available within hours. [20]

  5. Logology (science) - Wikipedia

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    Logology is the study of all things related to science and its practitioners—philosophical, biological, psychological, societal, historical, political, institutional, financial.

  6. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    "My Number One Doctor", a 2007 episode of the television show Scrubs, played on the perception that Wikipedia is an unreliable reference tool with a scene in which Perry Cox reacts to a patient who says that a Wikipedia article indicates that the raw food diet reverses the effects of bone cancer by retorting that the same editor who wrote that ...

  7. Machine learning - Wikipedia

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    For example, the algorithms could be designed to provide patients with unnecessary tests or medication in which the algorithm's proprietary owners hold stakes. There is potential for machine learning in health care to provide professionals an additional tool to diagnose, medicate, and plan recovery paths for patients, but this requires these ...

  8. Augmented reality - Wikipedia

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    Virtual Fixtures – first AR system, U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1992). Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated 3D content.