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Concept
Medical procedure
Summary
A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare.
A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring, or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test. Other common kinds of procedures are therapeutic (i.e., intended to treat, cure, or restore function or structure), such as surgical and physical rehabilitation procedures.
"An activity directed at or performed on an individual with the object of improving health, treating disease or injury, or making a diagnosis." - International Dictionary of Medicine and Biology
"The act or conduct of diagnosis, treatment, or operation." - Stedman's Medical Dictionary by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
"A series of steps by which a desired result is accomplished." - Dorland's Medical Dictionary by William Alexander Newman Dorland
"The sequence of steps to be followed in establishing some course of action." - Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
Auscultation
Medical inspection (body features)
Palpation
Percussion (medicine)
Vital signs measurement, such as blood pressure, body temperature, or pulse (or heart rate)
Lab tests
Biopsy test
Blood test
Stool test
Urinalysis
Cardiac stress test
Electrocardiography
Electrocorticography
Electroencephalography
Electromyography
Electroneuronography
Electronystagmography
Electrooculography
Electroretinography
Endoluminal capsule monitoring
Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Colposcopy
Cystoscopy
Gastroscopy
Laparoscopy
Laryngoscopy
Ophthalmoscopy
Otoscopy
Sigmoidoscopy
Esophageal motility study
Evoked potential
Magnetoencephalography
Medical imaging
Angiography
Aortography
Cerebral angiography
Coronary angiography
Lymphangiography
Pulmonary angiography
Ventriculography
Chest photofluorography
Computed tomography
Echocardiography
Electrical impedance tomography
Fluoroscopy
Magnetic resonance imaging
Diffuse optical imaging
Diffusion tensor imaging
Diffusion-weighted imaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Positron emission tomography
Radiography
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