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As with film-based radiography, computed radiography requires the matching of an X-ray image with the patient. In situations where many X-rays are taken, such as in an intensive care unit of a large hospital, the management of identification of X-rays with patients can be monumental. In or...
For example, in general radiography, with good collimation and using posterior anterior (PA) positioning for skull, spinal and chest X-rays, patient contact shielding is likely to have a negligible benefit and, in many instances, may obscure diagnostic information or lead to an overall increase ...
After doctors found a shadow on his lung during routine shoulder radiography, deBronkart was diagnosed as having stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, with bone metastases in his femur, ulna, and cranium; five metastases in his lungs; and muscle metastases in his thigh and tongue...
For orthopedists, it is important to provide symptomatic treatment and follow-up care, considering the high likelihood of encountering patients with this syndrome. In this case, growth hormone (GH) therapy remains controversial owing to individual differences and the treatment effectiveness[11]. ...
Interestingly, EGD may yield normal findings in as many as 70% of patients with GERD. Contrast radiography An upper GI series may be useful for anatomic delineation of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) in relation to the hiatus. This facilitates detection of hiatal hernias, strictures, or ...
Then, he was transferred to the intensive care unit and was intubated for mechanical ventilation. After he was transferred to the intensive care unit, chest radiography revealed diffused opacities in the right lung, with high oxygen demand (FiO2: 60%–80%, PEEP: 6–8 cmH2O, PC above PEEP...
Durable medical equipment, phlebotomy, and home radiography were provided as needed. Patients could be transferred back to the hospital for evaluation in the ED with or without inpatient admission if their condition decompensated or if desired by the patient during the acute care period. Such ...