Medical Tests / Procedures / Equipment

 

A doctor may need to perform medical tests on a child to find out what the medical problem is, and how best to treat it. Treatment may include unfamiliar procedures or equipment.

 

Topics included under medical tests, procedures, and equipment are:

• bronchoscopy
• central line catheters
• CAT scan
• cardiac catheterization
• continuous renal replacement therapy
• endoscopy
• electroencephalogram or EEG
• electromyography or EMG
• extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO
• injections
• IV therapy
• liver biopsy
• magnetic resonance imaging or MRI
• spinal tap
• ultrasound
• x-rays