This substance is a common component of many contrast media that may be a contraindication for use in allergic patients.
Iodine
A device that would be used within the sterile field to determine the patency of an arterial anastomosis?
dopplar probe
A procedure that displays and records the electrical activity of skeletal muscle?
EMG
A device that is flexible, atraumatic, and used to facilitate proper placement of catheters into lumens of vessels, ducts, or ureters?
J-guidewire
For which of the following anatomic areas is ultrasonography ineffective?
lungs
Which of the following diagnostic methods requires the use of an image intensifier?
Fluroscopy
A term used for diagnostic isotope scanning is:
A study that assists a surgeon with determining the MOST effective antibiotic therapy for the treatment of an SSI?
cluture and sensitivity
Intraoperative fluoroscopy for cholangiography would require:
a radiolucent OR table
Which of the following tests involves a lumbar puncture for the collection and analysis of CSF?
spinal tap
What diagnosis would a myelogram MOST likely be ordered?
Nerve root compression
A neurologist might order an EEG for a patient suspected of this diagnosis.
seizure disorder
The artery most commonly used to be accessed with the Seldinger technique during cardiac catheterization?
femoral
Contrast media are routinely introduced:
intravenously
Which of the following scans is an example of an isotope scan that may show hot spots indicating possible pathology?
bone scan
An AP view on a radiograph is taken:
front to back
_________ is stained in a Gram stain test?
bacteria
Rapid serial film changers and pressure injectors are used in which of the following diagnostic imaging studies?
angiogram
Roentgenography, named for the German physicist who discovered it, is better known today as:
radiography
In normal blood gas ranges, arterial oxygen saturation should be at or near what percentage range of capacity?
95% to 100%
Cholangiography is the diagnostic study that images which of the following anatomical structures?
Thoracentesis is the removal of fluid from the:
pleural space
Auscultation involves the use of a:
stethoscope
Hypaque, Cystografin, and Renografin are:
contrast media
Which of the following conditions of excess fluid is analyzed by thoracentesis?
pleural effusion