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If and esophageal
If the AVM creates a connection between the portal vein and the blood vessels of the liver, the result may be portal hypertension ( increased portal vein pressure ), in which collateral blood vessels form in the esophagus ( esophageal varices ), which may bleed violently ; furthermore, the increased pressure may give rise to fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity ( ascites ).
If other measures fail or are not available esophageal balloon tamponade may be attempted.
If reflux occurs, this protective barrier is the first to contact the esophageal mucosa, instead of gastric contents.
If the duct is disrupted posteriorly, the secretions leak through the retroperitoneum into the mediastinum via the aortic or esophageal hiatus.

If and perforation
If the serous membrane is involved, colonic perforation may ensue.
If the surgeon accidentally cuts through the innermost layer of the esophagus, the perforation may need to be closed with a stitch.
If there is a suspected bowel perforation, a water-soluble contrast is used instead of barium.
If the perforation is from recent trauma, many ear, nose and throat specialists will elect to watch and see if it heals on its own.
If other organs such as bowel are injured during a perforation, the resulting peritonitis can be fatal.
If a perforation is suspected, barium should not be used due to its potentially lethal effects when distributed throughout the free infraperitoneal cavity.

If and is
If the circumstances are faced frankly it is not reasonable to expect this to be true.
If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.
If a work is divided into several large segments, a last-minute drawing of random numbers may determine the order of the segments for any particular performance.
If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo ; ;
If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.
If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.
If it is an honest feeling, then why should she not yield to it??
If he thus achieves a lyrical, dreamlike, drugged intensity, he pays the price for his indulgence by producing work -- Allen Ginsberg's `` Howl '' is a striking example of this tendency -- that is disoriented, Dionysian but without depth and without Apollonian control.
If love reflects the nature of man, as Ortega Y Gasset believes, if the person in love betrays decisively what he is by his behavior in love, then the writers of the beat generation are creating a new literary genre.
If he is good, he may not be legal ; ;
If the man on the sidewalk is surprised at this question, it has served as an exclamation.
If the existent form is to be retained new factors that reinforce it must be introduced into the situation.
If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??
If many of the characters in contemporary novels appear to be the bloodless relations of characters in a case history it is because the novelist is often forgetful today that those things that we call character manifest themselves in surface behavior, that the ego is still the executive agency of personality, and that all we know of personality must be discerned through the ego.
If he is a traditionalist, he is an eclectic traditionalist.
If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.
If to be innocent is to be helpless, then I had been -- as are we all -- helpless at the start.

If and suspected
If a problem is suspected then a more comprehensive test using a leak-down tester can locate the leak.
If an epidemic of cholera is suspected, the most common causative agent is V. cholerae O1.
If the diagnosis is suspected, serology can be performed in a blood test to identify certain antibodies:
If yellow fever is suspected, the virus cannot be confirmed until six to ten days after the illness.
If an infection is suspected, blood, urine and sputum cultures are usually the first step.
If cases of suspected West Nile virus infection, sera should be collected on both the acute and
If integer factorization is difficult ( as is suspected ) then B. B. S.
If central DI is suspected, testing of other hormones of the pituitary, as well as magnetic resonance imaging, is necessary to discover if a disease process ( such as a prolactinoma, or histiocytosis, syphilis, tuberculosis or other tumor or granuloma ) is affecting pituitary function.
If the DNA match is used to confirm guilt which is otherwise suspected then it is indeed strong evidence.
If the lesion is suspected to be a skin cancer, a skin biopsy must be done first, before considering removal.
If a melanocytic nevus is suspected of being a melanoma, it needs to be sampled or removed and sent for microscopic evaluation by a pathologist by a method called skin biopsy.
If cerebral edema is suspected because of confusion, recurrent vomiting or other symptoms, computed tomography may be performed to assess its severity and to exclude other causes such as stroke.
# If suspected criminal activities are taking place in the Indian gaming industry and the interested office / agency does not have adequate resources to investigate this matter, the office / agency contacts the Indian Country Special Jurisdiction Unit, FBIHQ.
If renal glycosuria ( sugar excreted in the urine despite normal levels in the blood ) is suspected, urine samples may also be collected for testing along with the fasting and 2 hour blood tests.
If shigella is suspected and it is not too severe, the doctor may recommend letting it run its course — usually less than a week.
If a problem is suspected, doctors can perform blood tests to check kidney function.
If Africa was lost and the control over Western provinces was shaky, Anthemius ' power over Italy was threatened by internal opposition ; he was of Greek origin, had been chosen by the Eastern Emperor from among members of the Eastern court, and was suspected of being a pagan.
If peritonitis is strongly suspected, then surgery is performed without further delay for other investigations.
If someone is ( or is suspected to be ) a citizen or soldier of a nation which has signed or abides by the Fourth Geneva Convention ( see Art.
If the patient is known to have diabetes, the diagnosis of DKA is usually suspected from the appearance and a history of 1 – 2 days of vomiting.
If rhabdomyolysis is suspected, serum myoglobin, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, electrolytes and renal function will be checked.
If EA or TEF is suspected, all oral feedings are stopped and intravenous fluids are started.
If the chest pain is suspected to be heartburn, patients may undergo an upper GI series to confirm the presence of acid reflux.
If the suspected witch had no such visible marks, invisible ones could be discovered by pricking, therefore employed " witch prickers " pricked the accused with knives and special needles, looking for such marks, normally after the suspect had been shaved of all body hair.
If the chest appears clear and SARS is still suspected, a HRCT scan will be ordered, because it is visible earlier on this scan.

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