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🫀 Heart & circulation 12 tests

🫁 Lungs & breathing 18 tests

🍽️ Stomach, bowel & liver 20 tests

🧪Apt TestDowney Test, Qualitative Fetal Hemoglobin Stool Test, Stool for Swallowed BloodCh. 9 · Stool Tests☢️Bleeding ScanGastrointestinal Bleeding Scan, Abdominal Scintigraphy, GI ScintigraphyCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔦Colonoscopy and SigmoidoscopyProctoscopy, AnoscopyCh. 4 · Endoscopy🔦Endoscopic Retrograde CholangiopancreatographyERCP, ERCP of the Biliary and Pancreatic DuctsCh. 4 · Endoscopy📏Esophageal Function StudiesEsophageal Manometry, Esophageal Motility StudiesCh. 6 · Manometry🔦EsophagogastroduodenoscopyEGD, Upper Gastrointestinal [UGI] Endoscopy, GastroscopyCh. 4 · Endoscopy🧪Fecal CalprotectinCh. 9 · Stool Tests🧪Fecal FatFat Absorption, Quantitative Stool Fat DeterminationCh. 9 · Stool Tests☢️Gallbladder Nuclear ScanningHepatobiliary Scintigraphy, Hepatobiliary Imaging, Biliary Tract Radionuclide Scan, Cholescintigraphy, DISIDA Scanning, HIDA Scanning, IDA Gallbladder ScanningCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans☢️Gastric Emptying ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans☢️Gastroesophageal Reflux ScanGE Reflux Scan, Aspiration ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🧪LactoferrinCh. 9 · Stool Tests🔦LaparoscopyPelvic Endoscopy, Gynecologic Video Laparoscopy, PeritoneoscopyCh. 4 · Endoscopy🔬Liver BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Liver/Spleen ScanningLiver ScanningCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans☢️Meckel Diverticulum Nuclear ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Pancreatobiliary FISH TestingCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🧪Stool Cancer ScreeningStool for Occult Blood, Stool for OB, Fecal Occult Blood Test [FOBT], Fecal Immunochemical Test [FIT], DNA Stool Sample, Colon Cancer ScreeningCh. 9 · Stool Tests🧪Stool CultureStool for Culture and Sensitivity [Stool C&S], Stool for Ova and Parasites [O&P]Ch. 9 · Stool Tests🧪Stool for LeukocytesWhite Blood Cell Stool Test, Fecal Leukocyte Stain, Stool for White CellsCh. 9 · Stool Tests

🧫 Kidneys & bladder 8 tests

🧠 Brain & nerves 9 tests

🩸 Blood & clotting 18 tests

🦠 Infection 17 tests

🔬Acid-Fast Bacilli SmearAFB SmearCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Blood Culture and SensitivityBlood C&SCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬ChlamydiaCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Coronavirus TestingSARS, MERS, Covid 19Ch. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Fungal Infection TestingAntifungal Antibodies, Beta-D-glucan (1  →  3)-ß-D-glucan, Fungitell, Fungal Culture, Fungal Antigen Assay, Fungal PCR TestingCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Gallium ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Herpes SimplexHerpesvirus Types 1 and 2, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and 2 [HSV 1 and 2], Herpes GenitalisCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Sexually Transmitted Disease TestingSexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing, STD Culture, Culture of Cervix, Urethra, and AnusCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Sputum Culture and SensitivitySputum C&S, Sputum Culture, and Gram StainCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🧪Stool CultureStool for Culture and Sensitivity [Stool C&S], Stool for Ova and Parasites [O&P]Ch. 9 · Stool Tests🔬Throat and Nose Cultures and SensitivityCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Tuberculosis CultureTB Culture, BACTEC Method, Polymerase Chain Reaction, AFB SmearCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Tuberculosis TestingTB Testing, Interferon Gamma Release Assay [IGRA, T-Spot.TB], QuantiFERON-TB Gold [QFT, QFT-G, TB Gold Test, TB Blood Test], Nucleic Acid Amplification for TB [NAAT], TB AntibodyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Varicella Virus TestingAntibody Testing for Varicella Zoster Virus, Varicella Zoster Virus [VZV], Herpes Virus-3Ch. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️WBC ScanInflammatory ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Wound and Soft-Tissue Culture and SensitivityC&SCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Zika VirusZIKVCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy

🎗️ Cancer & biopsies 24 tests

🔬Bone Marrow BiopsyBone Marrow Examination, Bone Marrow AspirationCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Bone ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Breast Cancer Tumor AnalysisBreast Cancer Predictors, DNA Ploidy Status, S-Phase Fraction, Cathepsin D, HER 2 [c erbB2, neu] Protein, Ki67 Protein, p53 ProteinCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Cervical BiopsyPunch Biopsy, Endocervical Biopsy, LEEP Cervical Biopsy, Cone Biopsy, ConizationCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Endometrial BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Estrogen Receptor AssayER Assay, ERA, Estradiol ReceptorCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Liver BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Lung BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Lung Cancer Molecular TestingLung Cancer Genomic Testing, AKT1, ALK, BRAF, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor [EGFR], HER2, KRAS, MEK1, MET, NRAS, PIK3CA, RET, and ROS1Ch. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Octreotide ScanCarcinoid Nuclear Scan, MIBG Scintigraphy, Neuroendocrine Nuclear ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Pancreatobiliary FISH TestingCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Papanicolaou TestPap Test, Pap Smear, Cytologic Test for Cancer, Liquid-Based Cervical Cytology [LBCC], ThinPrepCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Pleural BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Positron Emission TomographyPET ScanCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Progesterone Receptor AssayPR Assay, PRA, PgRCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️ProstaScint ScanRadioimmunoscintigraphy [RIS]Ch. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Prostate Cancer GenomicsProstate Cancer Molecular Testing, Oncotype DX Prostate Genotyping, Prolaris, ProMark, DecipherCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Renal BiopsyKidney BiopsyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy☢️Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsySLNB, Lymphoscintigraphy, lymph node biopsyCh. 8 · Nuclear Scans🔬Skin BiopsyCutaneous Immunofluorescence Biopsy, Skin Biopsy Antibodies, Skin Immunohistopathology, Direct Immunofluorescence Antibody TestCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Sputum CytologyCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🧪Stool Cancer ScreeningStool for Occult Blood, Stool for OB, Fecal Occult Blood Test [FOBT], Fecal Immunochemical Test [FIT], DNA Stool Sample, Colon Cancer ScreeningCh. 9 · Stool Tests🔬Thyroid Cancer Genomic TestingGene Expression Classifier (GEC), Gene Sequencing Classifier, Medullary Thyroid Malignancy Classifier [MTC], BRAF GeneCh. 7 · Micro & Biopsy🔬Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration BiopsyFNAB, Skinny-Needle Thyroid Biopsy, Fine Needle Aspiration [FNA]Ch. 7 · Micro & Biopsy

🦴 Bones, joints & muscle 4 tests

⚖️ Hormones & metabolism 10 tests

🤰 Pregnancy & women's health 13 tests

⚕️ Men's health 3 tests

🖐️ Skin 1 tests

👂 Eyes, ears, nose & throat 5 tests

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