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By Ashley | January 28, 2010

A certain amount of CO2 is present in everyone’s blood. It is in the liquid part of the blood called serum. There is a test that can be done to identify the levels of CO2 in the serum of the blood. The test that is done is a laboratory test and ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

A stress test is a test for cardiac function in individuals that are a suspect. These are called upon in individuals who have a history of bad lifestyle habits, smoking, and even congenital heart diseases. The stress test basically requires that a ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

Carbon Dioxide Blood Level Carbon dioxide is a cellular respiratory waste product and is used in the body to create bicarbonate but is largely expelled from the body through the lungs in the normal course of respiration. Carbon dioxide levels in ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

Blood Osmolality Blood osmolality is a test that is done to check for the levels of dissolved osmoles in the blood. These are in their ionic form and include substances like sodium, chloride, glucose, and urea among others. This is a base test that ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

High Levels of CO2 in Blood High blood levels of carbon dioxide are measured using a test for blood gases and for bicarbonate levels in the blood. This indicates a condition that is called hypercapnia. Hypercapnia occurs most commonly in diseases ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

Common Medical Tests Medical tests are something that every individual has to undergo at some point of time in their lives. These range from the simple blood typing tests to the more complicated angiograms, magnetic resonance imaging, assays, and ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

An angiogram is one of the most delicate diagnostic procedures that are conducted in medicine. This is a heart function test though theoretically it can be conducted for nearly any part of the body. An angiogram is conducted on the heart to check ...

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By Ashley | January 21, 2010

An amniocentesis one of the procedures conducted on a pregnant woman to check for the possibility of any birth defects. This test is conducted to check for the chromosomal content of the amniotic fluid of the amniotic sac or to conduct an ...

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