work-up


work-up

 [werk´up] the procedures done to arrive at a diagnosis, including history taking, laboratory tests, x-rays, and so on.

work-up

noun The constellation of procedures–eg, taking a medical Hx, performing a physical exam, and ordering and evaluating lab tests and imaging procedures, on which a Pt's diagnosis and therapy is based. See Diagnostic 'overkill. ', Ulysses syndrome verb To evaluate a Pt–ie, to work him/her up. See Fehldiagnose.