Rearranged DNA is theoretically more sensitive to radiation, providing an explanation for the indication of a higher survival rate for patients with HPV positive tumors.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indication The lumbar puncture (LP) is routinely performed in the emergency department for febrile neonates, children with a clinical suspicion for meningitis or encephalitis, and in patients with suspected or diagnosed idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indication The evaluation of acute testicular pain is a time-sensitive clinical challenge requiring accurate diagnosis.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indication The pylorus can be evaluated sonographically in infants in whom there is clinical concern for idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS).
1. Summary/brief explanation of indications The use of POCUS for hepatobiliary disease centers on identifying the presence of gallstones.
Summary/brief explanation of indications The female reproductive organs can be sonographically visualized in adolescent females who present with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding in their first trimester of pregnancy.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indications The focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination seeks to detect intraperitoneal fluid (hemoperitoneum), pericardial fluid (hemopericardium), and intrathoracic fluid (hemothorax) in patients after blunt or penetrating truncal trauma.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indications The female reproductive organs can be visualized sonographically in non-pregnant pediatric females who present with abdominal pain for the evaluation of ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disorder (PID /tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA), and ovarian torsion.
Failure to identify abnormal adnexal masses and/or significant pathologic ovarian abnormalities. 1. Summary/brief explanation of indications The female reproductive organs can be sonographically visualized in adolescent females who present with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding in their first trimester of pregnancy.
1. Summary/brief explanation of indication In the setting of trauma, POCUS can be used to evaluate for fractures or soft tissue injuries.
Summary/brief explanation of indication POCUS evaluation of the eye (ocular POCUS) allows visualization of the components of the globe and the optic nerve.
