Ultrasound

Ultrasound scanning, also known as ultrasound imaging, uses high frequency sound waves to obtain images from inside the human body. The reflected sound wave echoes are recorded and displayed as a real-time visual image.

Follow the links below to find information about ultrasonography, including echocardiography (echocardiograms).

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Ultrasound
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Ultrasound is a way of taking a look at the unborn baby without using potentially harmful X-rays.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Ultrasound scan
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Ultrasound is a scan used to study internal body structures. Ultrasound scans work by sending out high frequency sound waves and recording the reflected sound or 'echoes' to create an image. Ultrasound is commonly used to study the developing foetus, abdominal organs, pelvic organs and breast tissue, the heart and blood vessels. Other names for an ultrasound scan include sonogram and ultrasonography.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Individuals with coronary heart disease often suffer from severe distress putting them at greater risk for complications, including sudden cardiac death.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Metformin treatment before and during IVF or ICSI in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by chronic failure or absence of ovulation (anovulation) and excessive production of male hormones (hyperandrogenism) with the clinical manifestations of irregular menstrual cycles, infertility, hirsutis, and acne.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women in the developed world and in health facilities in low-income countries usually lie in bed during the first stage of labour. Elsewhere, women progress through this first stage while upright, either standing, sitting, kneeling or walking around, although they may choose to lie down as their labour progresses.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is difficult to draw conclusions about the use of maintenance pharmacological interventions from only two trials. Substance abuse among adolescents (13 to 18 years old) is a serious and growing problem. The most common drugs used by young people worldwide are cannabis and inhalants.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Mailuoning for acute ischaemic stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Mailuoning, a type of Chinese traditional medicine, is widely used in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke in China even though its efficacy is still uncertain. Animal experimental studies and clinical pharmacological research indicate that mailuonin could improve microcirculation, prevent ischaemic injury and protect heart and brain tissue.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Low pressure versus standard pressure pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   For key-hole removal of the gallbladder, carbon-dioxide is injected into the abdomen. A pressure of 12 to 16 mmHg of pressure is used for the surgery. Several physiological parameters related to heart and lung (cardiopulmonary changes) occur during insufflation of abdomen.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Liver resection versus other treatments for neuroendocrine tumours in patients with resectable liver metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver spread from hormone-producing cancer of intestinal hormone cells is generally treated by liver resection surgery (removing the affected parts of the liver) if it is possible to remove all the cancer deposits and is associated with good long-term survival.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Intravenous or intramuscular parecoxib for acute postoperative pain in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The most common route for administration of postoperative analgesia is by mouth, but some patients are unable to swallow, feel nauseated, or vomit in the immediate postoperative period, and in these patients intravenous or intramuscular administration may be preferred.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Australasian Cochrane Centre
Publisher:   Australasian Cochrane Centre
Description:   The Australasian Cochrane Centre is one of a number of Cochrane centres established worldwide to co-ordinate the activities of the Cochrane Collaboration. It is part of the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Melbourne. and is funded by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Risperidone for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more common in people with intellectual disability than in the general population. As in the general population, ADHD adversely affects the ability to learn and is associated with behavioural disturban...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Dental fillings for the treatment of caries in the primary dentition
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dental fillings are placed routinely in children who have tooth decay all over the world. It was disappointing to note that so few trials could be included into this review that sought to compare different dental fillings for the same type of outcome. M...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Carnitine supplementation for inborn errors of metabolism
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inborn errors of metabolism are genetic disorders which have a wide range of symptoms. These often start at or soon after birth but may appear first at any time during adulthood. Affected individuals may need to deal with symptoms of the disease through...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Animal derived surfactant extract for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is caused by a deficiency or dysfunction of the lining chemicals of the lung known as pulmonary surfactant. A wide variety of surfactant products have been formulated and studied in clinical trials. These include synt...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Surgery versus radical endotherapies for early cancer and high grade dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This Cochrane review has indicated that there are no randomised controlled trials to compare management options in this vital area, therefore trials should be undertaken as a matter of urgency. Current use of endotherapies in the care of patients with e...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Submacular surgery for choroidal neovascularisation secondary to age-related macular degeneration
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Neovascular or wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is caused by blood vessels growing as a layer of tissue under the central retina (the macula). The disease leads to the development of a blind spot in the centre of the visual field and is the mo...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Chemical pleurodesis versus surgical intervention for persistent and recurrent pneumothoraces in cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease which irreversibly damages the lungs. People with cystic fibrosis are prone to getting pneumothorax. A pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air in the space between the two linings of the lungs. It can poten...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Antibiotics for treating osteomyelitis in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, is one of the major complications. Antibiotics are given to treat it, but there is no worldwide standard treatment. We searched for randomised controll...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Sacral neuromodulation with implanted devices for urinary storage and voiding dysfunction in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many people have urinary problems that are difficult to control by non-surgical means. Most surgical treatments are for people with stress incontinence only. Implants that provide continuous electrical stimulation to the nerves that control the bladder ...
Date:   Feb 2009
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