While diagnostics in healthcare can take many forms – from simple blood tests to complex imaging scans – they all have one goal. They aim to provide information that can be used to make informed decisions about a given condition. This data can help doctors diagnose their patients and choose the most appropriate treatment.
In some cases, diagnostics can assist in a preventative manner, for example, while screening for diseases before symptoms have appeared. For instance, screening tests like mammograms can help catch breast cancer early, while it is the most treatable. Diagnostics are vital to ensuring that patients receive the best care possible. Besides, they help to prevent potentially serious problems down the road.
Introduction The brain is an integral part of any living organism. The brain receives blood from the heart and this blood contains oxygen and nutrients that nourish it. At the same time, it carries away any metabolic wastes that result from the breakdown of the nutrients. Of all the organs...
Introduction The diagnostic accuracy of radiology departments has tremendously increased in the last three decades after the invention of computed tomography (CT).Computed Tomography is a good example of a non-invasive imaging technique thus making it applicable in imaging diagnostics. Nevertheless, there are several different types of CT artefacts which lead...
Background The traditional process of performing ultra-sound has proven ineffective in dealing with most contemporary diseases (Ahuja 2014). Most of the machines were designed to only deal with diseases that were common at the time of the invention of those machines. Therefore, they cannot sufficiently deal with diseases that are...
Introduction Endocrine, metabolic, and hematological conditions can significantly affect people’s lifestyle and health. In the case study, an 82-year-old female comes into the office with complaints of dizziness, fatigue, weakness, and dyspnea that increases after physical activity. The patient’s previous medical history includes hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. Her medications...
Demographic Data Initials: X Age: 13 Sex/gender: female HPI Context: The patient has been experiencing significant pressure due to the rise in anxiety over the separation of her parents. The fact that she started communicating less frequently with her mother as a result of the latter getting another job aggravated...
Hypothetical Case M. J. is a 54 years old male who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Initially, he has experienced symptoms of limb weakness in his arms, which progressed to the lower part of his body. In addition, he has difficulty walking due to stiffness in his legs....
The patient reported shortness of breath, right-sided chest pain, chills and fever, productive cough, and rust-colored mucus. His physical examination showed tachypnea, decreased breath sounds on the right, and coarse rhonchi through the right lung field. Additional Laboratory and Radiological Tests Chest X-ray – it will help see the problem...
Because AG’s body mass index is higher than 25, he is suffering from blurred vision and hypertension and has never had these complaints before, it is logical to assume that he has type 2 diabetes. However, it is recommended to complete a random blood sugar test and an oral glucose...
According to the individual’s history, the pathophysiology of the illness includes the reaction of the woman’s body to some irritant. She has become sensitive to something in the environment, which, as a rule, does not cause any uncommon response in the human body. In the current case, the possible disease...
Wavelength Wavelength refers to the distance over which a wave repeats itself. A wavelength is normally determined by putting into consideration the distance between two corresponding points that have the same period. Wavelength is usually represented by the letter lambda (λ) whereas the meter is the SI unit that is...