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Combined rapid anterior pituitary evaluation panel — Diagnostics OPS 301 code 1 797 A triple bolus test or a dynamic pituitary function test is a medical diagnostic procedure used to assess a patient s pituitary function. A triple bolus test is usually ordered and interpreted by endocrinologists.… … Wikipedia
Combined oral contraceptive pill — (COCP) Background Birth control type Hormonal First use ? … Wikipedia
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
ACTH stimulation test — Diagnostics OPS 301 code 1 797 The ACTH stimulation test (also called the cosyntropin test, tetracosactide test or Synacthen test) is a medical test usually ordered and interpreted by endocrinologists to assess the functioning of the … Wikipedia
Dexamethasone suppression test — Diagnostics Dexamethasone OPS 301 code 1 797 … Wikipedia
Triple bolus test — A triple bolus test or a dynamic pituitary function test is a medical diagnostic procedure used to assess a patient s pituitary function. Three hormones (usually synthetic analogues) are injected as a bolus into the patient s vein to stimulate… … Wikipedia
Glucose tolerance test — Intervention MeSH D005951 A glucose tolerance test is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood … Wikipedia
insulin stress test — an important but potentially dangerous test of anterior pituitary function involving the deliberate induction of a hypoglycaemic episode with injected insulin and the subsequent measurement of plasma cortisol and growth hormone at regular… … Medical dictionary
insulin stress test — an important but potentially dangerous test of anterior pituitary function involving the deliberate induction of a hypoglycaemic episode with injected insulin and the subsequent measurement of plasma cortisol and growth hormone at regular… … The new mediacal dictionary
Hypopituitarism — Infobox Disease Name = Hypopituitarism Caption = The pituitary gland on a plate from Gray s Anatomy (1918). The anterior lobe is on the left, and the posterior lobe on the right, both in red. DiseasesDB = 6522 ICD10 = ICD10|E|23|0|e|20,… … Wikipedia
