Procedures
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- rapid streptoccocal test
- assisted ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), intermittent positive pressure ventilation ((IPPV), pressure controlled ventilation (PVC)
- Heimlich maneuvre
- periarticular injection
- intraarticular injection
- insertion of bladder catheter in male and female (transurethral and suprapubic)
- inserting a nasogastric tube
- application of enema
- preparation and examination of blood film
- preparation and assessment of Gram stain
- bone marrow aspiration
- joint fluid aspiration
- synovial biopsy and analysis (cell count, crystals, gram)
- biopsy of muscle, kidney, liver
- gastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy
- fine needle aspiration for cytology
- arterial puncture
- puncture of pleural and peritoneal space, aspiration of fluid
- lumbar puncture]
- hemodialysis / peritoneal dialysis / renal transplantation
- electroencephalogram (EEG)
- electromyogram (EMG)
- exercise electrocardiogram
- 24-hour electrocardiogram (Holter ECG)
- assessing peripheral arterial circulation by Doppler occlusion pressure