Ultrasonography

Tenosynovitis detected through power Doppler ultrasound predicts rheumatoid and inflammatory arthritis development in patients with clinically suspect arthralgia, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Ultrasonography was better than clinical examination alone for detecting regional lymph node metastasis in high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, according to a study.

Ultrasound renal denervation in patients with triple-therapy resistant hypertension remained effective at 6 months, according to new data from RADIANCE-HTN TRIO reported at TCT 2021.

In-office ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release is associated with no need for added sedation or analgesia, or conversion to mini-open carpal tunnel release, a speaker said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

In the past, only clinical factors were used to judge “risky nevi,” but imaging modalities are predictive tools for identifying choroidal nevus risk factors for growth to melanoma, according to Carol L. Shields, MD.

In children who present to the pediatric ED, a point-of-care ultrasonography decision-support algorithm — a rule-in tool — accurately diagnosed transient synovitis, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children were less likely to undergo radiography, CT, ultrasonography and an MRI during ED visits than non-Hispanic white children, an analysis of more than 13 million ED visits showed.

Referring only patients with a positive D-dimer test to undergo compression ultrasonography, regardless of pretest probability, safely simplified the workup of deep vein thrombosis, according to study results published in Blood Advances.

Weight-bearing anteroposterior foot radiography may better predict the prognosis of patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction compared with ultrasonography or MRI, according to published results.

Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography is a noninvasive, quick and easy method to help diagnose increased intracranial pressure, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.