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2. How Does Screening for Substance Use Disorders Work? - WebMD

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   The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a written questionnaire that takes just 2 minutes for you to do and 15 seconds for your doctor to score. CAGE, a simple test with only four ...

3. University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test - Wikipedia

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   The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is a test that is commercially available for smell identification to test the function of an individual's olfactory system . Known for its accuracy among smell identification tests it is considered to be one of the most reliable (r=.94) and trusted. [1]

4. MRSA: Early Stages of Infection and How It's Treated - Healthline

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   MRSA infection may begin as a small bump on the skin. Treating the early signs can help you avoid complications like pneumonia or sepsis. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an ...

5. Serum Immunofixation Test: Purpose, Procedure, and Results

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   weight loss. bruises or other skin lesions. blurred vision. swelling of the lymph nodes, spleen, or liver. This test alone cannot be used to make a diagnosis. The test only indicates whether ...

6. Presumptive and confirmatory tests - Wikipedia

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   Further chemical tests are needed to prove that the substance is blood. Confirmatory tests are the tests required to confirm the analysis. Confirmatory tests cost more than simpler presumptive tests so presumptive tests are often done to see if confirmatory tests are necessary. Similarly, in medicine, a presumptive diagnosis identifies the ...

7. Alcohol Blood Tests: Types, Uses, and Results - Healthline

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   Comparing Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with Timeline Follow Back (TLFB), DSM-5 and phosphatidylethanol (PEth) for the assessment of alcohol misuse among young people in ...

8. What Is a Basic Metabolic Panel? - WebMD

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   The blood test gives your doctor important information about your health and how some of your body's systems are working. A basic metabolic panel (BMP) is a blood test that checks for the levels ...

9. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Wikipedia

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   The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a ten-item questionnaire approved by the World Health Organization to screen patients for hazardous (risky) and harmful alcohol consumption. It was developed from a WHO multi-country collaborative study, [1] [2] [3] the items being selected for the AUDIT being the best performing of ...