Physicians will also confirm the diagnosis of epilepsy to make sure that spells arise from epilepsy ( as opposed to non-epileptic seizures ).

Hydrocodone may be quantitated in blood, plasma or urine to monitor for misuse, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning or assist in a medicolegal death investigation.

Investigations which can confirm the diagnosis are fetal chest x-ray, which will show hyperinflation, diaphragmatic flattening, cardiomegaly and pathy atelectasis, and ABG samples, which will show decreased oxygen levels.

Morphine and its major metabolites, morphine-3-glucuronide and morphine-6-glucuronide, may be quantitated in blood, plasma, or urine to monitor for abuse, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning or assist in a medicolegal death investigation.

Modafinil and / or its major metabolite, modafinilic acid, may be quantified in plasma, serum or urine to monitor dosage in those receiving the drug therapeutically, to confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in hospitalized patients or to assist in the forensic investigation of a vehicular traffic violation.

Methadone and its major metabolite, EDDP, are often measured in urine as part of a drug abuse testing program, in plasma or serum to confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in hospitalized victims, or in whole blood to assist in a forensic investigation of a traffic or other criminal violation or a case of sudden death.

Further tests may be needed to confirm a diagnosis and ultimately guide therapy and appropriate management.

Oxycodone and / or its major metabolites may be measured in blood or urine to monitor for abuse, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning or assist in a medicolegal death investigation.

Silver concentrations in whole blood, plasma, serum or urine may be measured to monitor for safety in exposed workers, to confirm the diagnosis in potential poisoning victims or to assist in the forensic investigation in a case of fatal overdosage.

A CT scan is recommended, but this alone is insufficient to confirm the diagnosis.

Examining multiple biopsy samples can be helpful to confirm the diagnosis.

No laboratory tests can currently confirm the diagnosis.

The physician may order additional tests to help confirm the diagnosis.

* Based on purpose: Exploratory surgery is performed to aid or confirm a diagnosis.

Infants with an abnormal newborn screen need a sweat test to confirm the CF diagnosis.

Methylation-specific testing is important to confirm the diagnosis of PWS in all individuals, but especially those who are too young to manifest sufficient features to make the diagnosis on clinical grounds or in those individuals who have atypical findings.

However, not all symptoms must be present to confirm the diagnosis although several symptoms at once is more conclusive than different symptoms at separate times.

A skeletal survey is useful to confirm the diagnosis of achondroplasia.

Formerly, this was the only way to confirm a diagnosis of haemochromatosis but measures of transferrin and ferritin along with a history are considered adequate in determining the presence of the malady.

Usually there are other symptoms that help to confirm a diagnosis of scarlet fever, including a reddened sore throat, a fever at or above, and swollen glands in the neck.

If a prominence is noted, then scoliosis is a possibility and the patient should be sent for an X-ray to confirm the diagnosis.

A small skin sample ( biopsy ) may help confirm the diagnosis.

Plasma, serum or blood concentrations of sertraline and norsertraline, its major active metabolite, may be measured to confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in hospitalized patients or to aid in the medicolegal investigation of fatalities.

The reason is, I think, my awareness that my remarks last quarter on pacifism may well have served to confirm the opinion of some that my tendency to skepticism and dissent gets us nowhere, and that I am simply too old to hope.

A formal process is more effective in creating strong controls, and auditors should review this process to confirm that it is well designed and is followed in practice.

However, his allies – as well as Israeli intelligence – confirm that he urged his men throughout the battle to hold their ground and continue fighting.

Your Majesty would do well to attract and confirm him in his friendship.

Margaret was well received by Henry and, to confirm her status, was lodged in Scotland Yard, the ancient palace of the Scottish kings.

Both arguments, for a secular or religious Saxo, would confirm that he was well educated, as clergy he would have received training in Latin and sons of great men were often sent to Paris.

Both Duke University and University of Rochester are conducting studies of the age of the well water to confirm the sources of the various contaminants.

While multiple sources confirm that Rochester was Barry's lover, the only source for the coaching story is a Life of Barry published in 1740 – 65 years after the events – by Edmund Curll, well known for his fanciful and inaccurate biographies.

as mercy and justice be the true supports of our Royal Throne ; and it properly belongeth to our princely office to take care and provide that our subjects have equal and indifferent justice ministered to them ; and that when their case deserveth to be relieved in course of equity by suit in our Court of Chancery, they should not be abandoned and exposed to perish under the rigor and extremity of our laws, we ... do approve, ratifie and confirm, as well the practice of our Court of Chancery.

Asked whether she could confirm that the transcripts related to Iraq, she said: " I can't, but there might well have been ...

It was well known that Pulcheria had little respect for Jewish people, stemmed by her disapproval of Nestorian theological practices ; Kenneth Holum writes “ Pulcheria had long nursed a special hatred for Jews, and the Nestorian heresy, which appeared to contemporaries to be of Jewish origin ; no doubt had served to confirm that hatred .” Although Pulcheria was known to have strong feelings against pagans and Jews alike, she was known for her philanthropic spirit as well.

Ultrasound scans are frequently used to confirm a suspected tendinitis or bursitis as well as rule out a tear in the rotator cuff muscles.

However, personal accounts of German pilots and flak crewmen who encountered P-63s in the skies of Eastern Prussia as well as the memoirs of one of the pilots in Pokryshkin's squadron appear to confirm that fact.

The length of canal from Rhoswiel, Shropshire to the Horseshoe Falls including the main Pontcysyllte Aqueduct structure as well as the older Chirk Aqueduct, were visited by assessors from UNESCO during October 2008, to analyse and confirm the site management and authenticity.

The Mikkelsons have stressed the reference portion of the name Urban Legends Reference Pages, indicating that their intention is not merely to dismiss or confirm misconceptions and rumors but to provide evidence for such debunkings and confirmation as well.

Although Vargas ' 1937 Constitution established a new Legislature, as well as provided for a referendum to confirm the actions of the coup, neither the plebiscite, nor the legislative elections, were held.

As older maps confirm, Spanish authorities and local residents were well aware where the actual northern terminus of the Gulf of California lay, but by extending the coastline north past Cape Mendocino and eventually even into Puget Sound, Drake's claim of Nova Albion for England ( 1579 ) could be invalidated by the priority of Cortes ' claim ( 1533 ).

:" Providence having placed us in possession of the Grand Duchy of Finland, we have desired by the present act to confirm and ratify the religion and the fundamental laws of the land, as well as the privileges and rights which each class in the said Grand Duchy in particular, and all the inhabitants in general, be their position high or low, have hitherto enjoyed according to the constitution.

However, Marcello does confirm Quadri ’ s identity to Orlando, and on a trip to Savoy, Quadri – as well as Lina, who left with him in response to Giulia ’ s rejection – is killed by Orlando and his men.

The Senate must introduce any changes to federal revenue sharing policies, ratify international treaties, approve changes to constitutional or federal criminal laws, as well as confirm or impeach presidential nominees to the cabinet, the judiciary, the armed forces, and the diplomatic corps, among other federal posts.

" An AMPAS official quickly went onstage to confirm the winner and signaled that all was well, before Olivier then presented the award to producer Saul Zaentz.

Inscriptions on two rocks found during demolition on the church in September 1945 confirm these facts, as well as a shield of D. Martinho de Mascarenhas and cross etched with 1693 and 1719, respectively.

Forced elections in 1935 and 1937 solidify and confirm Freedom Party control of the House and Senate, with state legislatures and governorships captured as well.