List of MeSH codes
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment E01 - diagnosis E02 - therapeutics E03 - anesthesia and ... analgesia E04 - surgical procedures, operative E05 - investigative techniques E06 - dentistry E07 - equipment and supplies F - ...
Medical Subject Headings
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment [E] Psychiatry and Psychology [F] Phenomena and Processes [G] ... diagnostic or genetic effects. For example, the drug therapy of asthma is displayed as asthma/drug therapy. The remaining two ...
Parasitic worm
The Kato technique (also called the Kato-Katz technique) is a laboratory method for preparing human stool samples prior to ... An important step in the analytical methods is usually the concentration of the eggs in the sample, especially in the case of ... The detection of viable helminth eggs in samples of wastewater, sludge or fresh feces (as a diagnostic tool for the infection ... In fact, many laboratories in developing countries lack the right equipment or skilled staff required to do so. ...
Ultrasound
... has diagnostic and therapeutic applications, which can be highly beneficial when used with dosage precautions. ... Medical ultrasound is an ultrasound-based diagnostic medical imaging technique used to visualize muscles, tendons, and many ... During direct scale-up, all processing conditions must be maintained, while the power rating of the equipment is increased in ... This has uses in biological science for analytical or chemical purposes (sonication and sonoporation) and in killing bacteria ...
X-ray
... images can be combined into a three-dimensional image of the inside of the body and used for diagnostic and therapeutic ... A related technique, fiber diffraction, was used by Rosalind Franklin to discover the double helical structure of DNA. X-ray ... The proton-induced X-ray emission or particle-induced X-ray emission is widely used as an analytical procedure. For high ... A disadvantage is that these methods require more sophisticated equipment, such as synchrotron or microfocus X-ray sources, X- ...
Silver nanoparticle
... introduction of nanotechnology into medicine is expected to advance diagnostic cancer imaging and the standards for therapeutic ... This technique is popular due to the ability to add a variety of functionality to the exposed silica surface. A number of ... In medical equipment, it has been shown that silver nano particles lower the bacterial count on devices used compared to old ... Journal of Analytical Science and Technology. 6 (1). doi:10.1186/s40543-015-0074-1. Abel B, Coskun S, Mohammed M, Williams R, ...
Cardiac output
... the role of impedance cardiography in diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic decision making". American Journal of ... Non-invasive ICG equipment includes the Bio-Z Dx, the Niccomo, and TEBCO products by BoMed. Ultrasound dilution (UD) uses body- ... Pressure Recording Analytical Method (PRAM), estimates Q from the analysis of the pressure wave profile obtained from an ... Although it is in wide general use, the technique is time-consuming and is limited by the reproducibility of its component ...
Pharmacometabolomics
... as well as proper maintenance and calibration of the analytical and computational equipment. These tasks require skilled and ... Obviously the measurement techniques needed to look at specific metabolites were unavailable at that time, but such ... This field is currently being employed in a predictive manner to determine the potential responses of therapeutic compounds in ... among these variables map identified variables to known metabolic and biochemical pathways Along with the emerging diagnostic ...
Virology
This technique has been in use since the 1950s. Many viruses were discovered using this technique and negative staining ... Wang X, Hong XZ, Li YW, Li Y, Wang J, Chen P, Liu BF (March 2022). "Microfluidics-based strategies for molecular diagnostics of ... Domingo-Calap P, Georgel P, Bahram S (March 2016). "Back to the future: bacteriophages as promising therapeutic tools". HLA. 87 ... but it can be more expensive in terms of required reagents and equipment. Assay completion time is also dependent on the size ...
Drug test
The scheme is used as a harm reduction technique so people are more aware of what they are taking and the potential risks. Drug ... Pascal Kintz (August 30, 2006). Analytical and practical aspects of drug testing in hair. CRC Press. pp. 305-. ISBN 978-0-8493- ... Blood drug tests are not used very often because they need specialized equipment and medically trained administrators. ... Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing in Ambulatory Care - E-Book: A Guide for Health Care Professionals. Elsevier Health Sciences ...
Play therapy
... with a goal of teaching stress management and relaxation techniques. The development of electronic games using this equipment ... Jungian analytical method of psychotherapy using a tray of sand and miniature, symbolic figures is attributed to Dr. Margaret ... It is guided by the notion that if given the chance to speak and play freely in appropriate therapeutic conditions, troubled ... Caution, however, should be taken when using play therapy for assessment and/or diagnostic purposes. According to the ...
Simulation
This technique represents a valuable tool used by engineers when evaluating the effect of capital investment in equipment and ... Clinical healthcare simulators are increasingly being developed and deployed to teach therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as ... Traditionally, the formal modeling of systems has been via a mathematical model, which attempts to find analytical solutions ... It is used for cases where it is prohibitively expensive or simply too dangerous to allow trainees to use the real equipment in ...
Carbon monoxide poisoning
The first qualitative analytical method to detect carboxyhemoglobin emerged in 1858 with a colorimetric method developed by ... Exposure typically occurs when equipment is used in buildings or semi-enclosed spaces. Riding in the back of pickup trucks has ... Historically, the therapeutic potential of factitious airs, notably carbon monoxide as hydrocarbonate, was investigated by ... Carbon monoxide may be quantitated in blood using spectrophotometric methods or chromatographic techniques in order to confirm ...
Genetic engineering
Biological engineering Modifications (genetics) RNA editing#Therapeutic mRNA Editing Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique ... Li, Emily (31 July 2020). "Diagnostic Value of Spiral CT Chest Enhanced Scan". Journal of Clinical and Nursing Research. "GM ... Mass quantities of the protein can then be manufactured by growing the transformed organism in bioreactor equipment using ... ISBN 978-0-12-374106-6. Tuomela M, Stanescu I, Krohn K (October 2005). "Validation overview of bio-analytical methods". Gene ...
Hydrogen sulfide
Diagnostic of extreme poisoning by H 2S is the discolouration of copper coins in the pockets of the victim. Inhalation of H2S ... Bruckenstein, S.; Kolthoff, I.M., in Kolthoff, I.M.; Elving, P.J. Treatise on Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 1, pt. 1; Wiley, NY, ... "Dangerous Japanese 'Detergent Suicide' Technique Creeps Into U.S". Wired. March 13, 2009. Namiki, Noriko (23 May 2008). " ... Chemistry and potential therapeutic applications". Biochemical Pharmacology. 149: 110-123. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2017.11.014. ISSN ...
Fine chemical
... occupying the equipment to different extents. Therefore, both the production capacity and the equipment utilization for a ... They are linked with a monoclonal antibody, a big molecule which is of little or no therapeutic value in itself, but extremely ... If a company is located in an industrial park, where analytical services; utilities, safety, health, and environmental (SHE) ... Apart from pharmaceuticals, peptides are also used for diagnostics and vaccines. The total production volume (excl. Aspartame) ...
Organ-on-a-chip
In 2021, the approach has been adapted to model Lassa fever and to show the therapeutic effects of peptide FX-06 for Lassa ... In order to properly seed the 2D cell culture, a microcontact printing technique was used to lay out a fibronectin "brick wall ... Additionally, brain-on-a-chip devices have been used for medical diagnostics, such as in biomarker detection for cancer in ... Analytical Chemistry. 78 (13): 4291-8. doi:10.1021/ac051856v. PMID 16808435. Kang YB, Sodunke TR, Lamontagne J, Cirillo J, ...
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
... of Bioenvironmental Engineering personnel worldwide to remain competent in utilizing field-portable analytical equipment to ... therapeutic oxygen system for use on aeromedical aircraft that did not have an integrated therapeutic oxygen system. Late 1976 ... Aerospace medicine disease surveillance, testing and detection techniques have contributed over the years to global public ... clinical reference laboratory and diagnostic testing services, USAF active duty and retiree mortality surveillance, influenza ...
Microfluidics
Microfluidic techniques such as droplet microfluidics, paper microfluidics, and lab-on-a-chip are used in the realm of food ... Yetisen AK, Akram MS, Lowe CR (June 2013). "Paper-based microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices". Lab on a Chip. 13 (12 ... Paper-based microfluidic devices are often referred to as microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) and can detect ... Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 4 (1): 109-112. doi:10.3892/etm.2012.566. PMC 3460285. PMID 23060932. Manak MS, Varsanik ...
History of psychology
Wundt employed the equipment of the physiology laboratory - chronoscope, kymograph, and various peripheral devices - to address ... The job in Paris was relatively simple: to use the statistical techniques he had learned as a natural historian, studying ... Kraepelin revolutionized as the first to define the diagnostic aspects of mental disorders in syndromes, and the work of ... This terminology is popularized among the psychologists to differentiate a growing humanism in therapeutic practice from the ...
Bio-MEMS
Paper-based analytical devices are particularly attractive for point-of-care diagnostics in developing countries for both the ... Optical detection includes fluorescence-based techniques, chemiluminescence-based techniques, and surface plasmon resonance ( ... Implantable drug delivery systems have also been developed to administer therapeutic agents that have poor bioavailability or ... Researchers started to use photolithography equipment for microfabrication of microeletromechanical systems (MEMS) as inherited ...
Cannabis
Molecular analytical techniques developed in the late 20th century are being applied to questions of taxonomic classification. ... The leaves have a peculiar and diagnostic venation pattern (which varies slightly among varieties) that allows for easy ... Ben Amar M (April 2006). "Cannabinoids in medicine: A review of their therapeutic potential" (PDF). Journal of ... requiring special equipment and expertise. All known strains of Cannabis are wind-pollinated and the fruit is an achene. Most ...
List of International Electrotechnical Commission standards
IEC 61180 High-voltage test techniques for low-voltage equipment - Definitions, test and procedure requirements, test equipment ... Performance requirements and methods of measurement and reporting IEC 61267 Medical diagnostic X-ray equipment - Radiation ... Goodness-of-fit tests and estimation methods IEC 61724 Photovoltaic system performance IEC 61725 Analytical expression for ... Specification and measurement of field parameters for high intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) transducers and systems IEC ...
Glossary of engineering: A-L
... diagnostic or therapeutic). This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine, combining the design and ... Automation or automatic control is the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes in ... It draws upon the logical framework of economics but adds to that the analytical power of mathematics and statistics. ... provides a technique to evaluate limits of indeterminate forms. Application (or repeated application) of the rule often ...
Cocaine
The Harrison Act did not recognize addiction as a treatable condition and therefore the therapeutic use of cocaine, heroin, or ... They often hire traffickers from Mexico or the Dominican Republic to transport the drug using a variety of smuggling techniques ... Travnikoff B (1 April 1983). "Semiquantitative screening test for cocaine". Analytical Chemistry. 55 (4): 795-796. doi:10.1021/ ... there is a risk of the user contracting blood-borne infections if sterile injecting equipment is not available or used. An ...