Fact Sheet Index

A

• Acute Bronchitis
• Advance Directive
• Angina
• Angiography (Angiogram, Arteriogram)
• Appendectomy
• Arterial Blood Gas (ABG's)
• Asthma

B

• Barium Enema (B.E., Lower G.I., Air Contrast Study, Double Contrast)
• Barium Swallow (Upper GI Series, Barium X-Rays)
• Blood Tests
• Blood Transfusion
• Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
• Bronchoscopy

C

• Cardiac Arrhythmia
• Cirrhosis
• Colonoscopy (Sigmoidoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Lower G.I. Endoscopy)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• CT Scan of the Abdomen or Pelvis (Computerized Axial Tomography, CAT Scan Body CT Scan
• CT Scan of the Chest (Computerized Axial Tomography, CAT Scan, Lung Scan)
• CT Scan of the Head (Computerized Axial Tomography, CAT Scan, Brain CT Scan)

D

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diverticulitis

E

• Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG, or Twelve-lead EKG)
• Electrocardiogram (LP, Spinal Tap)
• Emphysema
• Endoscopy

F

• Fractures

H

• Head Injury
• Heart Attack
• Hepatitis
• High Blood Pressure
• Hysterectomy

K

• Kidney Failure

M

• MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

N

• Newborn Jaundice

O

• Osteoarthritis

P

• Pancreatitis
• Parkinson's Disease
• Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) or Coronary Angioplasty
• Pneumonia
• Pyelonephritis

R

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

S

• Stroke

T

• Tuberculosis