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Special diagnostic studies
Question | Answer |
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What are the indications for electoencephalography (EEG)? | brain tumors, traumatic brain injuries, retardation, loss of brain function, epolepsy/ seizures, evaluatoion of sleep disorders |
What is the most definitive test for diagnosing a pulmonary embolism? | pulmonary angiography |
indication for pulmonary angiography? | high clinical suspicion for pulmonary embolism, intermediare or indeterminate V/Q scan |
what is a echocardiogram? | ultrasonography of the heart |
what are the indications for echocardiography? | Valvular disease or dysfunction, myocardial disease, abnormalities of cardiac blood flow, cardiac anomalies in the infant, abnormal heart sounds |