Serving Southwest Louisiana Since 1962
Laboratory
Accurate test results are an essential part of medicine. They provide
the link between technology and good health.
During your office visit, your
physician may order a lab test either for a preventative health check or
to help diagnose an illness.
If a blood test is ordered, a lab employee will come to the exam room
and usually collect the blood by a simple finger stick. If strep throat
is suspected, she will swab the throat for a rapid strep test. The
test will be performed in our lab while you wait in the examination
room. Within 10-15 minutes your physician will return with the lab
results and continue his exam.
We strive to make the experience your child
has with the laboratory as positive and painless as possible.
See more information and accreditation on the Children's Clinic lab.
X-Ray
We offer diagnostic radiology services for patients in the Main Office (
Patients who visit satellite offices of the Children's Clinic may come to the Main Office for x-rays if necessary. We offer x-rays of the chest, extremities, sinus and abdomen; to name a few.
The Children's Clinic has installed new Computer Radiography.
With this new technology, the doctors and staff will no longer be looking at x-rays on light boxes, but on computer screens instead.
The x-rays are taken the same way, but what is changed is that the image is stored on a cassette and transferred to a computer via an image reader. With the new technology the image can be manipulated to see more detail.
The images are readily available on computer for the doctor to view at any station in the main office and at the satillite offices.