Test category · Measurements, screening & procedures

Endoscopy & diagnostic procedures

Procedures done to look inside the body or take a sample: scopes of the airways, gut, bladder and joints, catheter studies, punctures and biopsies.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Biopsy

Medical test

Endoscopy (as a test)

Procedure

Bronchoscopy

Procedure

Cardiac catheterisation

Procedure

Colonoscopy

Procedure

Gastroscopy

Procedure

Joint aspiration and injection

Concepts covered by those pages

Fine-needle aspiration FNACore biopsyCardiac catheterisationBronchoscopyUpper endoscopy EGD, OGDColonoscopyFlexible sigmoidoscopyCapsule endoscopyCystoscopyArthrocentesisArthroscopyLaparoscopy (diagnostic)HysteroscopyColposcopyBiopsyNasendoscopy

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Thoracentesis · also: pleural tap, pleural aspiration Diagnostic procedure
  • Lumbar puncture (LP) · also: spinal tap Diagnostic procedure
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Diagnostic procedure
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) Diagnostic procedure
  • Paracentesis · also: ascitic tap Diagnostic procedure
  • Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy Diagnostic procedure
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