For example, obtaining a full clinical history, asking certain questions associated with an inflammatory cause of lower back pain, examining the back for signs of deformities, performing neurologic workups and potentially ordering
imaging tests if deemed necessary as a result of the overall evaluation.
Not exact matches
If the fluid is bloody or can't be drained, or the mass is solid, then medical imaging tests can determine if it's cancerou
If the fluid is bloody or can't be drained, or the mass is solid, then medical
imaging tests can determine
if it's cancerou
if it's cancerous.
If the fluid is bloody or can't be drained, or the mass is solid, then medical imaging tests can determine if it's cancerou
If the fluid is bloody or can't be drained, or the mass is solid, then medical
imaging tests can determine
if it's cancerou
if it's cancerous.
Alternatively,
imaging could be used for initial screening, with follow - up blood
testing to determine
if a biopsy is necessary or
if the disease is aggressive and needs to be treated.
They also estimated that
if adopted nationwide, HIE might reduce health care costs by $ 19 million annually for these types of repeat
imaging tests in the ED.
Further, trials for new drugs targeting at - risk patients can be ramped up significantly
if a simple, non-invasive blood
test can replace costly
imaging like PET scan.
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Laser Light
Test Reveals Spreading Cancer Cancer
imaging and breast cancer experts used advanced microscopes equipped with tissue - penetrating laser light to develop a promising new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns of ultra-thin collagen fibers in breast tumor tissue samples and to help tell
if the cancer has spread.
There's no way for you to know on your own
if you have polycystic ovaries, but they can show up on
imaging tests, usually an ultrasound.
(Other screening
tests, including virtual colonoscopies — which rely on X-rays and computer
imaging instead of a scope — require a follow - up, usually a traditional colonoscopy,
if anything suspicious appears.)
By Anne Harding TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 (Health.com)-- Radiologists who read
imaging exams — such as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and CT scans — may do a better job
if they see a picture of the face that goes with the diagnostic
test, according to research presented this week at the Radiology Society of North America's annual meeting in Chicago.
So you do these stool
tests, you've got the SIBO breath
test, you save any of the fancy lab
imaging for
if nothing else is working.
Evan Brand: So I saw an — I saw an article about it that says that it's garbage though and that someone
tested — I don't know how they used it,
if it was an
imaging device or what they did to find it or figure it out, but that it's not actually reducing the spectrums of blue that you need to reduce.
If the symptoms are severe enough, a primary care doctor may refer a patient to a gastroenterologist who may order further
imaging tests such as an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
If you are showing any of the symptoms related to these disorders, your doctor will perform blood
tests,
imaging or a biopsy.
An endocrinologist can typically perform the detailed clinical examination, as well as order or perform the thyroid
imaging tests that can evaluate the structure of your thyroid gland to determine
if there is a goiter (an enlarged gland),
if the location of othe goiter is compromising breathing or swallowing,
if there is atrophy of the gland,
if there are any nodules, and
if so,
if those nodules warrant further investigation.
Imaging - x-rays, ultrasound, or other imaging techniques may be recommended prior to anesthesia and surgery, especially if abnormalities or irregularities are found on routine t
Imaging - x-rays, ultrasound, or other
imaging techniques may be recommended prior to anesthesia and surgery, especially if abnormalities or irregularities are found on routine t
imaging techniques may be recommended prior to anesthesia and surgery, especially
if abnormalities or irregularities are found on routine
testing.
CBC / WBC and blood chemistry panel, urinalysis, fecal examination, x-rays and ultrasound (diagnostic
imaging), pancreatic biopsy
if other
tests were inconclusive and risk of the procedure is not too great in the pet's current condition, vitamin B12 and folate blood levels
If your vet suspects your dog has a brain tumor, he will most likely recommend diagnostic
tests like an MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging) or CAT (computed axial topography).
[14] Further, I take the plaintiff's point that
if the plaintiff chooses to go to trial without updated X-Ray
imaging and proceed on the basis of expert reports produced without such
imaging, then, in my view, there is no basis on which I should order that the defendant have the benefit of this intrusive
testing.