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The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore, Laboratory complex has the Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry labs, and an inhouse Blood Bank, all of which are equipped with State-of-art equipment to handle all the necessary investigations required for the Cardiac and Neuro specialties.
Diagnosis involves identifying symptoms performing investigation and mapping both accurately to the disease. The symptoms of a disease are due to the abnormal functioning of the affected organs. Laboratory investigations pinpoint the disturbance in the organ so that they can be treated. The faster and more accurate the first step of diagnosis, the easier and better the cure. Laboratory medicine helps the physician to:
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Understand the problem with the patient and find out the cause. |
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Confirm the diagnosis |
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Select the correct approach to cure. It helps them decide whether a patient is fit enough to bear the traumatic process of surgical intervention. |
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Establish prognosis: the extent of improvement of the patients after taking the treatment medical or surgical. |
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Detect or screen a disease |
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Monitor follow-up therapy |
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