13th February 2024, NIA Diagnostic Imaging
Commonly, uterine artery doppler ultrasound is conducted to measure the blood flow in the uterine arteries. This specific ultrasound allows for qualitative information to be gathered on the presence/absence of flow, the direction of flow, the quality of flow, to determine if the flow is laminar or turbulent and to distinguish waveform shape (low resistance, high resistance, early diastolic notch) (Naguib et al.,2012).…
27th January 2024, NIA Diagnostic Imaging
Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) is defined as any bleeding within the intracranial vault, which includes the brain parenchyma and the surrounding meningeal spaces. ICH is associated with severe outcomes, including a 30-day mortality rate of 35–52%, with only 20% of survivors expected to fully recover within 6 months. Hence, ICHs are classified as medical emergencies, requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to ensure the highest possible survival chances.…
28th October 2023, A/Prof Chee L Khoo
It’s all deja-vu again. In January, we discussed the name change from NAFLD to MAFLD. We also discussed how the metabolic dysfunction fatty liver disease (MAFLD) nomenclature and definition were not quite universally accepted internationally. Somehow, we knew that MAFLD was really a temporary placeholder. And indeed, it was and many international bodies have got together since then and put together a consensus nomenclature for metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD (pronounced MASL-D).…
28th September 2023, Spectrum Medical Imaging
A groin swelling has to be one of the most common pathology that affects the groin area. Of course, we will all be looking out for hernias. There are all sorts of hernia in the inguinal or groin area. This week, we explore the case of a Amyand Hernia. What is an amyand hernia?…
DOMTRU is proud to be able to bring to you this year’s Diabetes Injectable Masterclass Workshop on Sunday 4th December 2022. Based on the previous years’ participants’ request, this year, we will be concentrating on lots and lots of case studies. We understand that, in theory, there are a certain steps we all take to initiate, titrate and intensify the insulin regimen in our patients who need insulin and GLP1 receptor agonist therapy.…
28th September 2022, Spectrum Medical Imaging
Injections around joints, tendons and bursa can be tricky. Unless you are trained to know where to insert the needle, it is all a hit and miss. If the patient doesn’t respond to the injection, you really don’t know whether it didn’t work or because it was not in the right spot. That’s when image guided injections come handy.…
26th February 2022, Dr Chee L Khoo
We all know that, in theory, exercises are always good for our patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in more ways than one. There are a few problems though, when putting theory into practice. Most of our patients with T2D not only don’t exercise regularly, they actually don’t know what exercise to do, how they should do it for and how often they are supposed to be doing them.…
28th January, 2022, Spectrum Medical Imaging
Quite a few months ago, we explored the safety of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine especially in young people. In particular, we looked at the increase in the incidence of myocarditis following Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccines. We publish the list of symptoms that may suggest myocarditis but diagnosis is not always straight forward.
Medicare has now introduced an item number which allows Cardiac MRIs to be bulk billed if you suspect myocarditis.…
January 7th, 2022, Dr Chee L Khoo
There is a trend across the medical specialties to make their guidelines a live document as emerging data comes thick and fast these days. 12 months is a long time for once a year updates. But when you have guidelines or protocols that are updated on a daily basis, it could mean that either there are really, really lots of data coming through or those guidelines are not based on scientific data.…
25th December, 2021, Spectrum Medical Imaging
As CT procedure volume grows – reaching an all-time high ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic – so too does the need to optimise CT protocols and expand patient positioning options to help expedite exams and accommodate more patients. The actual scan itself only takes a few minutes and the remainder of the time is dedicated to patient prep – including positioning the patient and identifying the correct protocols and settings, plus image reconstruction and report time.…
25th October 2021, Spectrum Medical Imaging
One of the very few beneficial things over the lockdown period is the easier availability of radiological services. Most radiological practices have reported reduction in throughput during the recent outbreaks. As we emerge from the lockdown, referrals for medical imaging are increasing and with the increase, an increasing wait time for services is happening.…
