In addition, your doctor may perform diagnostic studies to confirm the diagnosis.
To complement and to update previous tests, some or all of the following diagnostic studies are generally performed during your evaluation.
Based on your signs and symptoms, the doctor may request one or more diagnostic studies that will help to identify a specific disease.
Hemotoxins are used in diagnostic studies of the coagulation system.
Some diagnostic studies suggest that reliance on facial features to identify Williams syndrome may cause a misdiagnosis of the condition.
In addition to performing a complete history and physical exam for your back pain, your doctor may suggest one of the following diagnostic studies:
More extensive and costly diagnostic studies can help determine the cause of shoulder pain or weakness.
He needed further diagnostic study, and we couldn't do it.
As long as we're forced to practice defensive medicine you'll continue to see the overuse of diagnostic studies.
In the Fernald case, part of the fine is for failing to carry out diagnostic studies on pollution.