Many causes: Elevated concentrations of plasma D-dimer can be caused by many conditions to include arterial (stroke, atrial fib, etc) or venous blood clots (DVT), pulmonary embolism, infection (sepsis/ inflammatory response), normal pregnancy, pre/eclampsia, malignancy, surgery, tissue necrosis, congestive heart failure, liver disease, intravascular coagulation.
Media-fill testing (also called aseptic manipulation testing) is performed to measure the ability of procedures, personnel and equipment to successfully produce a sterile end product. This test is a simulation of the actual compounding taking place in a facility.
Forced Vital Capacity. FVC is a test where a patient needs to expire as hard and fast in the spirometer as possible. The results of the test are compared to the predicted values that are calculated from his age, size, weight, sex and ethnic group.VC is a test where a patient needs to expire as hard and fast in the spirometer as possible. The results of the test are compared to the predicted values that are calculated from his age, size, weight, sex and ethnic group.