The recent development of high-resolution ultrasound equipment has markedly improved the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound. In particular, the introduction of high-frequency vaginal probes has enabled early diagnosis of certain fetal abnormalities from the 12th to 14th week of pregnancy. Such early testing is of special importance for women with a history of pregnancies associated with birth defects.
Top 10 unbelievable historical concurrencies. TURBT is an acronym for TransUrethral Resection of Bladder Tumor. This is a surgical procedure in which a surgeon operates on a person with a bladder tumor to take a biopsy, or a sample of tissue, although he may completely remove it.
The partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT or APTT) is a medical test that characterizes blood coagulation.Apart from detecting abnormalities in blood clotting, it is also used to monitor the treatment effects with heparin, a major anticoagulant.TT is a performance indicator of the efficacy of both the intrinsic (now referred to as the contact activation pathway) and the common coagulation pathways. It is used in conjunction with the prothrombin time (PT) which measures the extrinsic pathway.