Medical Tests & Exams

• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) Blood Test

  The comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) blood test checks protein, sugar, liver and kidney health, and fluid balance.

• COVID-19: Getting Tested

  As coronavirus spreads in communities, parents might wonder if their family should get tested. Here’s how health care providers test for it.

• CT (CAT) Scan: Abdomen

  An abdominal CT scan uses a special X-ray machine to take pictures of the liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, pancreas, and adrenal glands, blood vessels, and lymph nodes.

• CT (CAT) Scan: Chest

  A chest CT scan uses a special X-ray machine to take pictures of a patient’s lungs, heart, blood vessels, airway passages, ribs, and lymph nodes.

• CT (CAT) Scan: Head

  A CT scan of the head uses a special X-ray machine to take pictures of the brain, skull, and sinuses, as well as blood vessels in the head.

• CT (CAT) Scan: Neck

  A neck CT scan uses a special X-ray machine to make images of the soft tissues and organs of the neck, including the muscles, throat, tonsils, adenoids, airways, thyroid, and other glands.

• CT (CAT) Scans

  A CT scan, also called a CAT scan, is a type of imaging test. It uses computers and a rotating X-ray machine to take cross-sectional pictures of the body.

• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test

  Is your child scheduled to have a sweat test? Find out how this test is performed and how it’s used to diagnose cystic fibrosis.

• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Respiratory Screen: Sputum

  Kids with cystic fibrosis (CF) often get lung and airway infections. A sputum CF respiratory screen or culture helps doctors detect, identify, and treat infection-causing bacteria or fungi.

• Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate (DHEA-S) Blood Test

  A DHEA-S blood test measures dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate to check for problems with adrenal glands and other organs.