alternative diagnosis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeanddiagnosis
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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diagnosis
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/us/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnoʊ.sɪs/
a judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after ...
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Antibiotic treatment is not withheld until analternativediagnosisis confirmed.
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Significant exposure to cigarette smoke is typical and absence of a clear smoking history should always raise the possibility of analternativediagnosis, particularly asthma.
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An elevated creatine phosphokinase does not occur and should lead to a search for analternativediagnosis.
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Alternativediagnosisstrategies involving the use of other techniques, however, have been experienced in various research and hospital laboratories all over the world.
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Possiblealternativediagnosisfor an abduction deficit would include: 1.
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Analternativediagnosisis dysmelia a condition that produces short arms and legs.
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A sustained increased white blood cell count may indicate analternativediagnosissuch as infection.
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If there is no response at this timealternativediagnosisand treatment should be pursued.
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While absence of malignant cells on cytology does not completely exclude mesothelioma, it makes it much more unlikely, especially if analternativediagnosiscan be made (e.g. tuberculosis, heart failure).
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Alternative diagnoses were eventually established in six syncope patients who also underwent tilt testing.
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If symptoms are not resolving once the glucose is within the normal range then further glucose should not be infused and the clinician should consider alternative diagnoses such as stroke.
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This might seem like an exorbitant list of criteria to exclude but the approach is not unlike how a clinician proceeds in excluding possible alternative diagnoses of a sleep problem.
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He simply fed in his patient's symptoms and any other relevant data, and out came a series of alternative diagnoses.
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It is important to associate the spider directly with the bite to initiate proper treatment, and to consider alternative diagnoses if no spider was seen.
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Diagnosis is made by neurologists who carefully rule out alternative diagnoses.
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