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Non-Stress Tests are causing me STRESS!!! by Helene Patient Expert

Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:56pm Why do they call them Non-stress Tests?? I find that they do nothing but cause me more stress. Today's NST lasted 90 minutes long...yes, 90 minutes long! Let me start off... what I had planned! She took my BP after the NST and it had gone down a little but not too much....no shocker there considering how stressful the "non-stress" test was. Overall Read on »

Biophysical Profile and Non-Stress Test by CFMama Posted Wed 01 Sep 2010 1:37pm This morning Jay took me to the hospital for 41 week post date testing also known as a biophysical profile. A biophysical profile is performed for post-term pregnancies to determine if the baby is still healthy and consists of an ultrasound and a fetal non-stress test . Teagan scored an 8 out of 8 on the ultrasound and a 2 out of 2 on the non-stress Read on »

How is a Non-Stress test administered and why would I need one? (NST) by Sharon LaMothe Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Tue 12 Aug 2008 4:22pm So many tests so little time....Pregnant? Is it time for your non-stress test? Are you stressed out about it? Well don't be. The information below will explain how easy and painless it really is....(and I have had SEVERAL so I know what I'm talking about!) Sharon www.InfertilityAnswers.net How is a Non-Stress test Read on »

How is a Non-Stress test administered? (NST) by Sharon LaMothe Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 20 Dec 2008 5:57pm So many tests so little time....Pregnant? Is it time for your non-stress test? Are you stressed out about it? Well don't be. The information below will explain how easy and painless it really is....(and I have had SEVERAL so I know what I'm talking about!) Sharon www.InfertilityAnswers.net How is a Non-Stress test administered? (NST Read on »

Strongly positive exercise stress test is equivalent to a brief episode of unstable angina by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 20 Jan 2010 9:25am Exercise stress testing(EST) is one of the common investigation modality in the evaluation of CAD.he indication for EST generally fall into two broad categories... in our thinking, patients with classical angina may undergo coronary angiogram directly .This is understandable as the stress test has little to improve diagnostic Read on »

Can medical mangement convert a patient with positive stress test into negative ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 16 Oct 2009 10:01pm Exercise stress test is the most commonly used non invasive diagnostic test for CAD. It is also useful in the functional capacity evaluation.Even though medical... ischemia , improve exercise capacity and relieve symptoms. To confirm this , every patient with medical management should periodically undergo exercise stress testing. * One may Read on »

Should all patients with positive excercise stress test (EST) undergo coronary angiogram ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 26 Jun 2009 5:32pm Exercise stress test ( Also called treadmill test ) is an important investigation not only in patients with suspected CAD but also in established CAD . In the former... or proximal LAD perform >10METS in exercise stress test ? No, large clinical experience (Also refered to Class C evidence by ACC/AHA!) indicate no patient with critical left Read on »

What are the types of ischemia that can be observed during excercise stress testing by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 30 Jun 2010 10:50am Exercise stress test is done in two major situations. 1.In apparently normal individuals , to detect any hidden ischemia or to aid in the diagnosis of chest pain before... worsened with exercise. Inducible ischemia in the affected segment Inducible ischemia in a new remote territory Non inducible ischemia** Residual ischemia post ACS Read on »

My stress test was normal. I don't need a heart scan! by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:26pm Katy had undergone a stress test while being seen in an emergency room, where she'd gone one weekend because of a dull pain on the right side of her chest. After her stress... you've accomplished. But Katy declared, "But I didn't think another heart scan was necessary. My stress test was normal!" What Katy was struggling to understand was that even Read on »

Beware the "false positive" stress test by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm There's a widely-known (among cardiologists) problem with nuclear stress tests. It's called the "false positive." (Nuclear stress tests are known as stress Cardiolites, stress thalliums, stress Myoviews, persantine stress tests, adenosine stress tests) Stress tests, nuclear and otherwise, are helpful for identifying areas of poor blood flow Read on »