Ideally a health system functions to get the right patient, the right treatment at the right time. Again, it all sounds simple. However, we all have experiences in our clinic that do not follow the...
Multiple modalities are used with spinal imaging and with increasing access to magnetic resonance imaging and better imaging quality, primary care physicians are being exposed to nomenclature...
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Imaging the thoraxModalities available for imaging chest diseases include chest X-ray, computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine, including ventilation–perfusion lung scanning and positron...
How does it work?Myocardial perfusion scans (MPS) are obtained after the intravenous (IV) injection of a small dose of radiotracer at rest and following physiological (exercise) or pharmacologic...
CaseA healthy woman aged 19 years was sent to the general hospital in Malaysia by her family physician for a routine medical check-up, as this was a prerequisite for admission to a university...
Case studyBert, aged 80 years, presented to his general practitioner with sudden, painless loss of vision in his right eye 2 hours prior. He was an insulin-dependant type 2 diabetic, with a history...