Meanings of presumptive diagnosis in English

Conclusion: A presumptive diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis is associated with a high mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Those tests were normal and he was discharged home with a presumptive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

A muscle biopsy was inconclusive, however, she was treated for a presumptive diagnosis of inflammatory myositis.

Pleural fluid analysis is the first step to perform which allows a presumptive diagnosis in most cases.

Thoracic radiography revealed a moderately distended, air-filled esophagus and a presumptive diagnosis of idiopathic megaesophagus was made.

A presumptive diagnosis of spinal schistosomiasis was rendered, and appropriate medication was administered before obtaining positive serology results.

All these techniques allow for a presumptive diagnosis, but the most promising results are provided by reflectance confocal microscopy.

Imaging is pivotal, as it allows a presumptive diagnosis of TSC and definition of the extent of the disease.

Use of ACT with reliance on presumptive diagnosis may lead to excessive use, increased costs and rise of drug resistance.

Objective: To determine the mortality rate and its predictors in patients with a presumptive diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Despite the advantages of providing an early presumptive diagnosis, fungal classification by histopathology can be difficult and may lead to diagnostic error.

The signs that pointed out a presumptive diagnosis of WNF in horses were cranial nerves deficits, limb paralysis, photophobia and nasal discharge.

There is no reason to prefer MRI (more expensive) over CT for patients with the presumptive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

The radial tracing is exceedingly suggestive, and if there is also a careful auscultation of the heart, a presumptive diagnosis may be made.

Sensitivity analysis showed that mRDTs would become less cost-effective compared to presumptive diagnosis with increasing malaria prevalence and lower adherence to negative mRDT results.

In 6 cases, a presumptive diagnosis was based on the absence of cardiac masses on 2-dimensional echocardiography, contrast pericardiography, or both.