The most common reason for a urine test is to check for urinary tract infection. This can be done by looking at the urine under a microscope, doing a chemical "dip" test, or doing a bacterial culture. Urine can also be tested for concentration, proteins and other metabolic byproducts that help access different disease states like kidney disease. It can also be tested for certain drugs. There are two basic types urine drug tests. Most common is what is called a "qualitative" screen. It only tests for a dozen or so drugs that may be prescribed or taken illicitly. It will only tell you if it is detected or not.
For calculating specific amounts of medicine given to the patient. Doctors can pretty much double major in chemistry because of all they need to know on chemistry in general.
Doctors who need ultrasound equipment as part of routine diagnoses likely have this equipment on-site. Ob-Gyn practices commonly have it, as do some gastro-enterologists. There is really no reason for a patient to need to be aware of which medical practices have this equipment as the need for its use is determined by the physician, not the patient.
A patient who is intubated cannot eat because of the tube in their throat. A feeding tube in the nose, mouth or stomach allows the doctors to pump food into the patient's stomach.
so that it will absorb by the body there by early recovery of the patient
If you don't follow the prescription when preparing medicines that need dilution then the patient may either receive not enough medicine and it does no good. Or the patient receives an overdose.
Yes Most Defiantly You Need to be patient to become a medical assistant because you pretty much work with a lot with people in person also with Doctors as well!...I Think being patient is a big must if you have any job in the medical field!
Often times, doctors need to test if the patient can speak or move a certain limb and they could not do this if the person was asleep. The doctors simply numb the area.
Yes all Medical Doctors need nurses. Nurses are there to protect the best interest of the doctor and the patient. The are also there to help reduce the work load of the Doctor, they prep patients and materials and assist in procedures.
Doctors need to check if you are ready for surgery. The head doctor is the person who decided if a person can have a surgery but the patient or whoever has power of attorney makes the final decision.
As far as I know, only one doctor needs to certify a patient for hospice, and it can be the patients doctor that does this. I've work with hospice for 20 years, and in that 20 years I've never heard that it took two doctors or just the medical director with hospice to certify a patient to be enrolled in the hospice care program. The patient does hwoever need to be deemed terminal for the hospice care program to be considered.
starve them for three then give them your urine to drink and 100 meal worms. by Joe King
Internal Medicine Doctors and other specialists treat the patient with the polio, Epidemiologists track the disease spread, and physical therapists treat the patient for rehabilitation. Some patients will need social service workers to help the patient to readjust to living life.