definitive diagnosis

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definitive
adjective
uk /dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/ us /dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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diagnosis
noun[C or U]
uk /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/ us /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnoʊ.sɪs/
a judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after ...
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Nevertheless, it may be useful to have a definitivediagnosis, even though treatment for the underlying condition may not be available or considered inappropriate.
Finally, if a definitivediagnosis is established sooner, it is possible that morbidity is reduced due to earlier commencement of appropriate therapies.
Microbiological evaluation and clinical correlation should always be carried out for definitivediagnosis.
Despite many presentations with consistent illnesses, definitivediagnosis was difficult.
The definitivediagnosis of each neonate was based on either cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, surgery and/or autopsy findings.
The definitivediagnosis of protein losing enteropathy was established by endoscopy and histopathological study of the small bowel.
The definitivediagnosis is based on the association of necrosis of myocytes with an adjacent inflammatory infiltrate.
In view of this detailed postnatal radiology and, where appropriate, histopathology should be undertaken after birth to make a definitivediagnosis.
However, in general definitivediagnosis, which is required to advise on recurrence risks, must await postnatal radiology and/or histopathology.
Eight patients were categorized as "undetermined" because of insufficient psychiatric interview time for a definitivediagnosis.
Even if the retroesophageal segment of the aberrant left subclavian artery has been diagnosed by echocardiography, angiography is the investigation of choice for definitivediagnosis.
Apart from the typical findings on physical examination, chest radiograph and electro-echocardiogram, a definitivediagnosis can be achieved using high resolution echocardiography.
The problems continue even after a definitivediagnosis has been made.
A definitivediagnosis was based on bacteriological and histological examination.
A definitivediagnosis was confirmed in five of the 13 infants (38.5 %) who completed follow-up.
In the absence of a definitivediagnosis concerning the cause of the abnormal mental state, an empirical approach to treatment must be adopted.
It therefore prefers a system in which prescribing is limited to conditions where a definitive diagnosis has been made, and the response lists the conditions that should be included.
Over the years, there was an increasing trend of relying on echocardiography to arrive at a definitivediagnosis and implement interventional procedures (including balloon septostomy or other surgery).
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