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… Secondary High Blood Pressure On this page: What is secondary high blood pressure? Secondary high blood pressure is high blood … you may have secondary high blood pressure, you may need tests to diagnose other health problems. Your doctor will …
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… Intrauterine Fetal Blood Transfusion On this page: Treatment Overview What To … Treatment Overview An intrauterine transfusion provides blood to an Rh-positive fetus when fetal red blood cells are … suggests anemia. The bilirubin result from amniocentesis testing shows that the fetus is moderately to severely …
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… Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) On this page: What is low blood pressure? Blood pressure is a measure of how hard … you take. You will have a physical examination, and other tests may be done. Your doctor may check for another health …
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Blood and Body Fluid Precautions On this page: Overview Overview What are blood and body fluid precautions? Blood and body fluid precautions are used to prevent …
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… Home Blood Sugar Diary On this page: Overview Overview Name: _________________________________ Blood sugar target range: ________ to _______. Track your blood sugar each day. Home blood sugar diary Week of ______. …
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Blood Clots in the Leg Veins On this page: Overview Overview Blood clots can happen in veins. A blood clot in a vein close to the skin isn't likely to cause …
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… Eye Problems and Blood in the Eye On this page: Overview Overview Sometimes small blood vessels in the whites of the eyes break and cause a … or speck. This is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. The blood vessels may break because of sneezing, coughing, …
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… Home Blood Pressure Log On this page: Overview Overview Name: ________________________ Target blood pressure: __________ Date Time (a.m.) Blood pressure Time (p.m.) Blood pressure Comments Sample: …
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… Birth Defects Testing On this page: Health Tools Types of … certain birth defect. Screening tests for birth defects are blood tests and ultrasounds. The blood tests are used to look for the amount of certain …
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… Indirect Coombs Test On this page: Overview Overview An … there are antibodies to the Rh factor in the mother's blood. In this case: A normal (negative) result means that … the mother has not developed antibodies against the fetus's blood. A negative Coombs test indicates that the fetus is …