Talk:List of medical tests

Formatting and linking of this list
Immit seems it would make a lot of sense to link this to Talk:List of organs of the human body, and format everything here to a searable and sortable table. Maybe on the format: and then go through all the things mentioned in Talk:List of organs of the human body like e. g:

Peritoneal dialysis fluid, ascites fluid, synovial fluid, bone marrow,Urine,Daily urine,Saliva,Drainage fluid,Spinal fluid,CSF (cerebrospinal fluid),Secretions,Pleural fluid,Cerebrospinal fluid collected in low binding polypropylene tubes,Nasal secretions (possibly ear discharge), Pericardial fluid,Tissue fluid, Ascites fluid,Synovial fluid,Cyst fluid, Droplet preparations, Smear preparations,Dialysis fluid,Dialysis fluid in syringe without air admixture,Morning urine,Midstream urine,Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate stabilisedAscites fluid,Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate stabilisedPleural fluid,Urine collected in detergent free container,Urine collected in detergent free container. Hydrochloric acid, Bone marrow aspirate, Respiratory secretions, BAL, swab, and so on Claes Lindhardt (talk) 21:16, 20 June 2024 (UTC)


 * ex:
 * Under Feces on the format - ( Normal Order Name ; Designation in the laboratory ; Laboratory) we have;
 * Pancreatic elastase;Feces-Pancreatic elastase;Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory ;
 * Adenovirus DNA PCR;Adenovirus DNA PCR - Feces ; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * "Hemoglobin;F";Feces-Blood;, Clinical biochemistry laboratory;
 * "Calprotectin;F";"Fecal Calprotectin;massfr.";, Clinical biochemistry laboratory;
 * Worms, eggs and cysts (microscopy of formalin-ether concentrate);Worms, eggs and cysts (microscopy of formalin-ether concentrate); Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * Larviculture (Strongyloides, hookworms);Larviculture (Strongyloides, hookworms); Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * Clostridium difficile;Clostridium difficile DNA/RNA (PCR quicktest); Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * Tarmpato e parasites;PCR (Tarmprotozoer); Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * Diarrhea investigation;Diarrhea investigation; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory;
 * Ascites fluid :
 * "Hem. Marker study, ADULTS over 16 years;Asc";Hem. Marker examination, ADULTS over 16 years, Ascites fluid;Hematology marker laboratory
 * "Erythrocytes;Asc";"Asc-Erythrocytes; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Erythrocytes;Asc";"Asc-Erythrocytes; numberk";,Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes(mononuclear);Asc";"Asc-Leukocytes(mononuclear); count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes(polynucleus);Asc";"Asc-Leukocytes(polynucleus); count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Nucleated cells;Asc";"Asc-Nucleated cells; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Nucleated cells;Asc";"Asc-Nucleated cells; numberk";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Carbamide;Asc";"Asc-Carbamide; substancek";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Calcium;Asc";"Asc-Calcium(II); substance c.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Phosphate;Asc";"Asc-Phosphate(P; inorganic); substance";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Triglyceride;Asc";"Asc-Triglyceride; substance";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Bilirubins;Asc";Asc-Bilirubins, substance;Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Albumin;Asc";"Asc-Albumin; bulk";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Protein;Asc";"Asc-Protein; mass spec.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Amylase, pancreatic type;Asc";"Asc-Amylase,pancreatic type;cat.k.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Lactate dehydro ase;Asc";"Asc-Lactate dehydro ase;.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Cholesterol;Asc";"Asc-Cholesterol+ester; substance c.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Ascites group;Asc";"A
 * Biopsy;
 * Leukemia: diagnosis/recurrence, Biopsy;; Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Tissue lab
 * "Aberrant cell population(phenotype); taxon ;Biopsy(spec.)";; Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Tissue lab
 * rearrangement of TCR/IgH- is. Biopsy;"Biopsy-(TCR+Igh- )-Immune rearrangement; clonality(0 1) = ?";; Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Tissue lab
 * "Hem. Marker study, ADULTS over 16 years;Biopsy";Hem. Marker study, ADULTS over 16 years, Tissue biopsies;Hematology Marker Laboratory
 * "Hem. Marker study, ADULTS over 16 years;Biopsy";Hem. Marker Examination, ADULTS over 16 years, Biopsy from Corpus Vitreum;Hematology Marker Laboratory
 * Histologic examination of testis biopsy; Laboratory for Growth and Reproduction
 * Miscellaneous analysis;DNA(spec.)-MLPA ocular melanoma; Laboratory of ethics
 * Miscellaneous analysis;FISH malignant melanoma choroidea; Laboratory of ethics
 * Helicobacter pylori (culture);Helicobacter pylori (culture); Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
 * Tropheryma whipplei DNA/RNA;;Unkown
 * Culture and resistance;Biopsy/tissue/bone tissue culture and resistance; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
 * Cerebrospinal fluid;
 * "Chorionic gonadotropin+beta [HCG];Csv";"Csv-Chorionic gonadotropin+beta chain; arb.stofk.(IS 75/589)";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "alpha-1-Fotoprotein;Csv";"Csv-alpha-1-Fotoprotein; arb.stofk.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Tick-borne encephalitis virus antibody; arb.k.(list; proc.);Csv";Tick-borne encephalitis virus antibody; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
 * "Cerebrospinal fluid group;Csv";"Csv-Nucleated cell type; count(list)";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Erythrocytes;Csv";"Csv-Erythrocytes; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Erythrocytes;Csv";"Csv-Erythrocytes; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Nucleated cells;Csv";"Csv-Nucleated cells; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Nucleated cells;Csv";"Csv-Nucleated cells; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes(mononuclear);Lkc(Csv)";"Csv-Mononuclear cells; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes(mononuclear);Lkc(Csv)";"Csv-Leukocytes(mononuclear); count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes (polynucleus);Lkc(Csv)";"Csv-Leukocytes(polynucleus); count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Leukocytes (polynuclear);Lkc(Csv)";"Csv-Polynuclear cells; count";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Neurofilament light polypeptide;Csv";Csv(cell-free);Neuroimmunology Laboratory
 * "Glucose;Csv";"Csv-Glucose; substance c.";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * "Glucose;Csv";"Csv-Glucose; substance";Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory
 * just to name a few, would this grouping make more sense? So that even a non-medical professional could navigate it? I feel navigating this is something that even a lot of medical professionals struggle with? But still it is so essential and such a huge part of modern diagnostics and most of these things does have wiki articles in one way or another. so we will have to make a way to navigate them no? Claes Lindhardt (talk) 20:28, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * then we also have the huge theme of blood test sneaking in on us with things like: Category:Blood tests Claes Lindhardt (talk) 20:45, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * example of some of the types of test which can be done with blood, on the same format as here please see: Category talk:Blood tests o Claes Lindhardt (talk) 21:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Once we have found a good way to format it, it should be somewhat easy to add the about 2000 types of test that a normal north european hospital have to offer today. Claes Lindhardt (talk) 21:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Consistant categorising and sortability
It seems the various test listen in this list have been categorized according to different systems and conventions, should we try to clean that up a bit with a sortable table? it seems that the ICD-10 has over 70,000 codes, so should we split this table up into smaller tables? a Typical hospital properly provde between 2000 and 5000 test on thier 'testing menu' if we expect this list to be so long how do make sure it stays easy to navigate.

example of inconsistencies: Sometimes things are put into groups based on where they are collected, sometimes where the final result of the test is used, sometimes on who analysises them. We need to figure out and agree on what thier uniquie identifieres are. With a sortable table, people can decide themselves what they want to sort according to

Claes Lindhardt (talk) 20:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Does it make sense to make an API which pulls data from: https://ifcc.org/ifcc-scientific-division/sd-committees/c-npu/npusearch/, how many of the tests listed here have wiki articles? And how many of them do we expect will get articles? 128.0.73.13 (talk) 08:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)