Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism: periprocedural results and midterm risk of recurrent neurologic events.
BACKGROUND Urolithiasis is very common, affecting 12% of the population at some point of time in their life. The most common type of stone is calcium oxalate (60-80%). X-ray & ultrasound were most commonly used to diagnostic tools to pinpoint the urinary tract calculi & decrease the incidences of false diagnosis. METHODS Plain x-ray and ultrasound evaluation in the diagnosis of urinary tract calculi was conducted between September 2006 to August 2008. This study was conducted at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, B.G. Nagar, Mandya. 35 patients included in the study were subjected to plain x-ray & ultrasound. RESULTS Total number of patients was 35, out of which 19 were female (54.28%) & 16 patients were male (45.71%) respectively. Age of the patients varied from 13 to 77 yrs. Out of 35 patients, 16 had ureteric calculi (35%), 11 had renal with ureteric calculi (31.4%), 4 had vesical calculus (11.4%) and 4 had calculus in PUJ (11.4%). 74.2% cases were diagnosed as urinary tract calculi by x-ray & 82.8% cases were diagnosed by ultrasound respectively. CONCLUSIONS Ultrasonography has more accuracy than plain x-ray in diagnosing urinary tract calculi. When both investigations were combined, accuracy rate further increased.
BACKGROUND Acute abdominal pain is a common complaint of patients presenting at the Emergency Department. Plain X-Ray as well as ultrasonography are the two most commonly used modalities in diagnosing the causes of acute abdomen. Objectives-To correlate radiological and ultrasonographic findings associated with acute abdomen. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out for a period of two years including 50 patients in total. Plain x-ray and ultrasonographic findings of acute abdomen were noted and compared. RESULTS Thirty-two patients were males (64%) and 18 patients were female (36%). Age of the patients varied from 12 years to 80 years, most of the cases were in the age group of 20-60 years. Most common causes for acute abdomen were acute ureteric/renal and vesicle calculi (34%) followed by intestinal obstruction (28%) and gastrointestinal perforations (14%). CONCLUSION Plain x-ray was helpful in 30 patients (60%). Ultrasonography was helpful in 43 patients (86%). When pain x-ray was combined with ultrasonography, accuracy rate increased to 90-95%.
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