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Diagnostic Provocation Discographic Injections

Practical PAIN MANAGEMENT, January/February 2007 ©2007 PPM Communications, Inc. Reprinted with permission. Diagnostic Provocation Discographic Injections Lumbar provocation discography remains a controversial diagnostic technique; and even more so with cervical/ thoracic discography. To appreciate the historical controversy surrounding discography is to understand that its inception was a tenuo...

Etude sur la digestion pancratique de la caseine pour la production de la toxine tetanique

The brachial plexus provocation test.

The Brachial Plexus Provocation Test (BPPT) (or Upper Limb Tension Test) is used by clinicians to assess mechanical sensitivity of peripheral nerve tissue in the upper quadrant. The BPPT as developed by Elvey (1979) is performed in the following sequence: gentle shoulder depression, glenohumeral abduction to 90° and external rotation in the coronal plane, forearm supination and wrist and finger...

Bronchial Provocation Tests in Asthma

Aas, K. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 221. Bronchial provocation tests in asthma. Bronchial provocation tests are necessary for precise aetiological diagnosis in bronchial asthma. This is illustrated by the results in 9,364 bronchial provocation tests compared with skin tests and nasal tests. The technique of bronchial provocation testing and its interpretation are described in ...

Provocation tests in drug allergy

Almost two-thirds of patients who visit a doctor for a reaction that is diagnosed as a ‘drug allergy’ (DA) are not allergic. This false claims of drug allergy leads to unnecessary avoidance of fi rst choice drugs, exposes the patient to less effective and potentially more toxic drugs, increases healthcare costs, and contributes to the development of antibiotic resistance. Therefore, a drug alle...