LIST OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS

LIST OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS

▪️Adom Test- Scoliosis
▪️Aldehyde test- Leprosy
▪️Allen test- ABG Analysis
▪️Arthrocentesis: Joint inflammation and infection
▪️Auspitz’s sign: Psoriasis
▪️Bangle Test- Protein-Energy Malnutrition
▪️Becker’s sign: Thyrotoxicosis
▪️Benedict Test- Glucose in urine
▪️Binet  Test- intelligence quotient
▪️Blumberg’s sign: Peritonitis
▪️Bonny Test / Marshall Test- Stress Incontinence
▪️Braden scale: to measure the integrity of bedsore
▪️Burrow ink test: Scabies / The itch
▪️Confrontation Test- Central and Peripheral Vision
▪️Creatinine clearance test – Estimation of GFR
▪️D-Dimer Test – measuring Clot formation(DVT, PE, DIC)
▪️Dexa scan – Bone metabolic disease Eg. Osteoporosis
▪️Dexamethasone suppression test: ACTH or Pituitary / adrenal gland tumor
▪️Dick Test- Scarlet Fever
▪️Direct Coomb test- Haemolytic Anaemia
▪️Fern Test or Nitrazine Test- leakage of Amniotic fluid
▪️Frei Test- Lymphogranuloma inguinale
▪️Glucose tolerance test – Diabetes Mellitus
▪️Glycosylated Haemoglobin/Hb1AC Test- Diabetes Mellitus
▪️Gold QuntiFeron Test- Tuberculosis
▪️Guthrie Test – Phenylketonuria
▪️Hanging Drop Test – Cholera
▪️Heel to shin test – CSF leakage
▪️Hey Test- Bile Salt in Urine
▪️Histamine Test- Leprosy
▪️Holter Monitoring – 24 hour ECG monitoring in Dysrhythmia
▪️Ishihara Test- Color Vision test
▪️Jegar’s type Card test- Near Vision
▪️Knee Kiss Test- Meningitis in Children
▪️KveimTest- Sarcoidosis
▪️Ortho-Toluidine Test- Check Chlorine in Water.
▪️Pap smear: Cancer of the cervix
▪️Patch Test- Allergic Reaction
▪️Paul Bunnell Test- Epstein Barr Virus
▪️Phalen’s / Tinel’s Test- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
▪️Phosphate test- Pasteurization
▪️Rinne and Weber test – Hearing
▪️Roller Over Test- Pre-Eclampsia
▪️Romberg Test- Neurological Function/balance or gait
▪️Rothera test- Acetone in Urine
▪️Rubin test- Patency of fallopian tube
▪️Schick test- Diphtheria
▪️Schilling Test – Vitamin B12 Absorption
▪️Shake Test / Bubble Test- Surfactant and fetal Lungs maturity
▪️Smith test- Bile Pigment in Urine
▪️Snellen Chart Test- Distance Vision
▪️Sweat chloride test- Cystic fibrosis
▪️Tape Test- Pin Worm
▪️Tensilon Test- Myasthenia Gravis
▪️Tourniquet Test- Dengue
▪️Treadmill/Stress Test-heart function
▪️Trendelenburg test- varicose vein
▪️Triple Test- Down Syndrome
▪️Tzank Test- Herpes Genital or Varicella
▪️Urea breath test- H. Pylori
▪️VDRL test- Syphilis
▪️VMA (Vanillylmandelic acid test) – Pheochromocytoma
▪️water deprivation Test- Diabetes Insipidus
▪️Weil Felix test- Rickettsial infections
▪️Widal test-Typhoid (on 2nd week)
▪️Wood’s Light examination: Superficial infection of the skin

🔹CANCER DIAGNOSTIC TESTS:

▪️CA 15-3: breast cancer
▪️CA 19-9: GIT (Pancreatic, liver cancer)
▪️CA 125: Ovarian cancer

🔹AIDS DIAGNOSTIC TESTS:

▪️ELISA Test – Screening for HIV
▪️Western Blot test – Confirmation Test for HIV
▪️CD4 count – Predictor of HIV (< 200) P24
▪️Antigen Assay test: Indicates Active HIV ▪️Replication or seen in pregnancy

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