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Folate

150 to 450 ng/ml

Folic Acid

Normal values: 5,4 to 18 ngr/ml

Follicle Stimulating Hormone or FSH

Follicle-stimulating hormone or FSH:
Follicular Phase: 3 to 20 U/L
Ovulation Phase: 9 to 26 U/L
Luteinic Phase: 1 to 12 U/L

Follicle-stimulating hormone or FSH

Follicle-stimulating hormone or FSH:
Follicular Phase: 3 to 20 U/L
Ovulation Phase: 9 to 26 U/L
Luteinic Phase: 1 to 12 U/L

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone or FSH

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone or FSH:
Follicular phase: 3 to 20 U/L
Ovulatory phase: 9 to 26 U/L
Luteal phase: 1 to 12 UI/L

Foot pain Physical Examination

The doctor may perform the following examination or exploration:
.Control of Cardiac Frequency (Normal: 60 to 100 beats/minute)
.Control of Breathing Frequency (Normal: 16 to 20 breathing cycles/minute)
.Control of Temperature (Normal: 36,5 - 37 °C)
.Control of Blood Pressure (Normal: ≤ 120/80 mmHg)
Leg, ankle and toe Examination:
.Observation (or Inspection)
.Palpation (or touching): to know if there is some area that causes pain and to examine if there is any injury that may be perceived by touching.
.Evaluation of the ankle's joint mobility: if it is or nor restrained.
. Skin Examination (Skin examination (colour, temperature, presence of any injury)
.Evaluation of:
Achilles reflex (of the ankle): it's an evaluation of the ankle reaction when tapping it, with a hammer or other element.

Foreign body aspiration suspicion Physical Examination

The doctor may perform the following exam or exploration:
.Control of Cardiac Frequency: Norma valuesl: Newborn: 120 to 160 beats/minute, 1 and 2 years 110-120 beats/minute, 3 to 12 years 100 beats/minute, 13 years onward 75/80 beats/minute.
.Control of Breathing Frequency Normal values: Newborn 30 to 60 breathing cycles/minute, 1 and 2 years 20 to 40 breathing cycles/minute, 3 years onward 15/25 breathing cycles/minute.
.Control of Temperature (Normal: 36,4 - 37 °C)
Thorax Examination: Observation (or inspection)
Palpation (or touching)
- Auscultation (or listening): listening the noises/sounds produced by the lungs and heart.
-Percussion (repeated taps): to know how each part of the thorax sounds.
Throat examination:
-Observation (or Inspection)
Skin examination: observe if there are changes in colour

Foreign body aspiration suspision Physical Examination

The doctor may perform the following exam or exploration:
.Control of Cardiac Frequency: Norma valuesl: Newborn: 120 to 160 beats/minute, 1 and 2 years 110-120 beats/minute, 3 to 12 years 100 beats/minute, 13 years onward 75/80 beats/minute.
.Control of Breathing Frequency Normal values: Newborn 30 to 60 breathing cycles/minute, 1 and 2 years 20 to 40 breathing cycles/minute, 3 years onward 15/25 breathing cycles/minute.
.Control of Temperature (Normal: 36,4 - 37 °C)
Thorax Examination: Observation (or inspection)
Palpation (or touching)
- Auscultation (or listening): listening the noises/sounds produced by the lungs and heart.
-Percussion (repeated taps): to know how each part of the thorax sounds.
Throat examination:
-Observation (or Inspection)
Skin examination: observe if there are changes in colour

free Testosterone

Free Testosterone:
0,6 to 6,8pg/mL

Free testosterone

0,6 to 6,8pg/mL

Fundoplication

Surgical procedure in which the upper part of the stomach is wrapped around the lower part of the oesophagus. This prevents the acid to rise to the stomach.

GABHS

Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS)

gastric bypass

Surgery that consists of reducing the size of the stomach dividing it into two parts, one big and one small; the patient will only use the smaller part, so, when s/he eats will feel satitation with a few quantity of food.

Possible complications:
-Physical discomfort, nausea, vomits, diarrhoea if you overeat or don't chew the foord appropriately.
-Nutritional deficiency: for this reason, it is recommended for the patients already operated to have vitamins and minerals supplements for life.
-Stenosis (narrowing) of the union between the stomach with the intestine.
-surgical injury infection

The average of the loss excess weight goes from 50 to 60% within the year of the surgery

Gastric lavage

This test gets a sample of stomach contents (gastric contents) by aspiration using a nasogastric tube. It has to be performed in the morning, fasting. Subsequently, the sample is analyzed.

Genital exudate culture

Test through which a sample of the exudate (secretion or discharge) is taken with a cotton swab, from the genital area, the vagina in women, or the glans or foreskin in men, to be analyzed. It is mainly used when there is a suspicion of infection as a cause of the exudate.

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