OC25.06: How to diagnose ‘vaginal laxity’ on translabial ultrasound

How to diagnose acute appendicitis: ultrasound first

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common abdominal emergency with a lifetime prevalence of about 7 %. As the clinical diagnosis of AA remains a challenge to emergency physicians and surgeons, imaging modalities have gained major importance in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected AA in order to keep both the negative appendectomy rate and the perforation rate low. Introduced in 1986, gra...

How to Diagnose Ocular Abnormalities with Ultrasound

Ocular ultrasound is a relatively easy, noninvasive diagnostic modality to evaluate for ocular abnormalities and can be used as a complement to traditional ophthalmoscopic examination. Ocular ultrasound should be performed in horses with ocular trauma, disparity in ocular size or with any condition that impedes visualization of posterior ocular structures. Author’s address: Department of Surgic...

how to diagnose exercise induced asthma?

exercise induced asthma (eia) is a transient increase in airway resistance after intensive exercise and can be measured as a decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (fev1). the condition is due to increased training load and inhalation of cold and dry air. several studies have shown that eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea challenge test (evh test) is a very sensitive and specific diagnostic...

How to diagnose cervicogenic dizziness

Cervicogenic dizziness (CGD) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of dizziness and associated neck pain. There are no definitive clinical or laboratory tests for CGD and therefore CGD is a diagnosis of exclusion. It can be difficult for healthcare professionals to differentiate CGD from other vestibular, medical and vascular disorders that cause dizziness, requiring a high level...

How to diagnose lumbosacral disease