To make a diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis, a swab from inside the vagina should be obtained.

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

However, it may mask the symptoms of the underlying problem, and therefore make diagnosis more difficult for a veterinarian.

In practice, since the brain is normally a rapid user of glucose, and since brain pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease greatly decrease brain metabolism of both glucose and oxygen in tandem, standard FDG-PET of the brain, which measures regional glucose use, may also be successfully used to differentiate Alzheimer's disease from other dementing processes, and also to make early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Nasal endoscopy, a CT scan, and clinical symptoms are all used to make a positive diagnosis.

In combination with other physiological measurements, the vital capacity can help make a diagnosis of underlying lung disease.

Pathologist Dr. Amico Bignami of the University of Rome also observed the wounds, but could make no diagnosis.

The constellation of long limbs, dislocated lenses and the aortic root dilation are generally sufficient to make the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome with reasonable confidence.

To make a diagnosis of an intrinsic cardiomyopathy, significant coronary artery disease should be ruled out first ( amongst other causes ).

Respiratory Therapists monitor, interpret and diagnose findings from a sleep study, as well as the medical history and physical exam to make the diagnosis and decide on treatment related to sleep-disorders.

After the hematopathologist makes the diagnosis, the hematologist or hemato-oncologist can make a decision about the best course of action.

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.

Due to the common left parietal and frontal lobe locations, apraxia is often accompanied by aphasia which can make diagnosis challenging as it is difficult to tell if the patient's motor impairments are due to apraxia or from the decreased language comprehension associated with aphasia.

There are many electrodiagnostic tests used to make a diagnosis of CTS, but the most sensitive, specific, and reliable test is the Combined Sensory Index ( also known as Robinson index ).

This can make diagnosis difficult as symptoms are not always immediately obvious, or have been deliberately hidden to avoid disclosure.

Osteopaths are primary contact health professionals who, in their own practice, make independent judgments in the examination, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and care of conditions of the human body to the extent of their individual competence.

However, elevated myoglobin has low specificity for acute myocardial infarction ( AMI ) and thus CK-MB, cTnT, ECG, and clinical signs should be taken into account to make the diagnosis.

Critics ( such as R. D. Laing ) have argued that this leads to the diagnosis of delusions being based on the subjective understanding of a particular psychiatrist, who may not have access to all the information that might make a belief otherwise interpretable.

In order to make the diagnosis, it is, of course, essential that the treating physician be aware of any recent antibiotic usage.

You can't make a diagnosis until somebody's sober.

Both macroscopic ( from endoscopy ) and microscopic positive findings are required to make a diagnosis.

The presence of goblet cells, called intestinal metaplasia, is necessary to make a diagnosis of Barrett esophagus.

5-10 % of patients with hemophilia A are affected because they make a dysfunctional version of the factor VIII protein ( qualitative deficiency ), while the remainder are affected because they produced factor VIII in insufficient amounts ( quantitative deficiency ).< sup >: 1700 </ sup > Of those who have severe deficiency ( defined as < 1 % activity of factor VIII ), 45-50 % have the same mutation, an inversion within the factor VIII gene that results in total elimination of protein production .< sup >: 1700 </ sup > However, since both forms of hemophilia can be caused by a variety of different mutations, initial diagnosis and classification is done by measurement of protein activity rather than by genetic tests, though genetic tests are recommended for testing of family members once a known case of hemophilia B is identified .< sup >: 1700-1701 </ sup >

" Some believe that the change agent is not a physician to the organization's ills ; that s / he does not examine the " patient ," make a diagnosis, and write a prescription.

How could he exert authority over them -- make them toe the line, as he had to -- if he knuckled under to this small-town clown??

But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under military occupation -- the sort of change which Tacitus was talking about when he said, `` They make a desert, and call it peace '' ( `` Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant ''.

By extending this help, we hope to make possible the enthusiastic enrollment of these nations under freedom's banner.

The Secretary shall make reports to the President and the Congress at the beginning of each regular session of the action taken or instituted by him under the provisions of this Act and of prospective action during the ensuing year.

The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized and directed, out of the sum covered into the Yugoslav Claims Fund pursuant to subsection ( B ) of this section, after completing the payments of such funds pursuant to subsection ( C ) of this Section, to make payment of the balance of any sum remaining in such fund to the Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia to the extent required under Article 1 ( C ) of the Yugoslav Claims Agreement of 1948.

Twice he left everything to his entourage, and fled to make the Santa Cruz tour under Vernon's guidance.

In the search for oil and gas, we make similar waves under controlled conditions with dynamite and learn from them where there are buried rock structures favorable to the accumulation of these resources.

The department apparently intends to make the Rural Roads Authority a revolving fund under which new bonds would be issued every time a portion of the old ones are paid off by tax authorities.

A measure passed by Congress just before adjourning softened the ruling's impact, on prior-year returns still under review, for clay-mining companies that make brick and tile products.

A very casual, pleasant program -- one of those easy-going things that make Newport's afternoon programs such a relaxing delight -- was held again under sunny skies, hot sun, and a fresh breeze for an audience of at least a couple of thousands who came to Newport to hear music rather than go to the beach.

The expedition was under orders to make a swift survey of conditions and then to return to Earth.

The elements of battery are ( 1 ) a volitional act ( 2 ) done for the purpose of causing a harmful or offensive contact with another person or under circumstances that make such contact substantially certain to occur and ( 3 ) which causes such contact.

Again, it was not enough to merely ask or urge his audiences to put aside their blood loyalties and ethnic differences, and embrace the equality of all Muslims under the Sacred Law, it was necessary to make them do so.

Paoli sent him off on an expedition to Sardinia ordered by France under Paolis's nephew, but the nephew had secret orders from Paoli to make sure the expedition failed.

But when I come there, to write to the Dutch States that I think it absolutely necessary for the saving of the Empire to march with the troops under my command and to join with those that are in Germany ... in order to make measures with Prince Lewis of Baden for the speedy reduction of the Elector of Bavaria.

The two Books of Samuel () are part of a series of historical books ( Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings ) that make up a theological history of the Israelites and affirm and explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.

In 490 BC, he sent a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean, to subjugate the Cyclades, and then to make punitive attacks on Athens and Eretria.

A player may not make any move that would put or leave his king under attack.

Legislation must conform to a theory of legitimacy, which describes the circumstances under which a particular person or group is entitled to make law, and a theory of legislative justice, which describes the law they are entitled or obliged to make.

But everyone will sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one will make them afraid.

While Eddy's Manual established limited executive functions under the rule of law in place of a traditional hierarchy, the controversial 1991 publication of a book by Bliss Knapp led the then Board of Directors to make the unusual affidavit during a suit over Knapp's estate that neither acts by it violating the Manual, nor acts refraining from required action, constituted violations of the Manual.

Most Christians believe that the kosher food laws do not apply to them as they are no longer under the Law of Moses, and that, as Jesus taught in Mark 7: what you eat doesn't make you unclean but what comes out of a man's heart makes him unclean — although Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy have their own set of dietary observances.

In Missouri v. Holland, the Supreme Court ruled that the power to make treaties under the U. S. Constitution is a power separate from the other enumerated powers of the federal government, and hence the federal government can use treaties to legislate in areas which would otherwise fall within the exclusive authority of the states.