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Medical tests
… sodium and potassium levels in the body. This helps control blood pressure and the balance of fluids and electrolytes in the blood. The kidney hormone renin normally stimulates the … for a tumour in the adrenal glands. Find the cause of high blood pressure or low potassium levels. This is done when …
Medical tests
… Test Overview Cholesterol and triglyceride tests are blood tests that measure lipids—fats and fatty substances … a source of energy by your body. Lipids are found in your blood and are stored in tissues. They are an important part … drink anything except water for 9 to 14 hours before your blood test. In most cases, you are allowed to take your …
Health topics
… Thrombolytics are medicines that rapidly dissolve a blood clot. They are used when a blood clot causes an emergency, such as a heart attack or stroke. These clot-busting medicines help blood to flow normally again. Thrombolytics are used as soon …
Health topics
… different types of problems. These include problems with blood flow through the heart and how well the heart pumps blood. If pieces of a tumour break off, they can be carried in the blood to the body and cause problems, such as a stroke. How …
Medications
… doctor right away. Uses This product is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and … of drugs known as ACE inhibitors and works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Indapamide …
Medications
… (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal … Uses Dalteparin is used to treat and prevent harmful blood clots. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart …
Medications
… is higher if you have kidney problems, diabetes, a serious blood infection (sepsis), a certain blood problem (paraproteinemia), or a severe loss of body … gentamicin). This medication may also rarely cause serious blood clots (such as pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart …
Health topics
… Dialysis removes urea and other waste products from the blood. To find out how well dialysis is working, you will have blood tests that look at the level of urea in your blood. Usually these tests are done once a month, at the …
Health topics
… to join two veins in a damaged liver. One vein carries blood to the liver (portal vein). The other vein goes from … vein). TIPS forms a channel that allows some of the blood to bypass the liver. What To Expect You may go home … you go home. Why It Is Done TIPS is used to reduce high blood pressure in the portal vein that carries blood from …
Medications
… (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal … (incontinence). Uses Fondaparinux is used to treat serious blood clots in the legs and/or lungs. It is usually used with another "blood thinner" medication (warfarin). If untreated, blood …
