If not, he will have more invasive tests next week.

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It is most commonly used when less invasive tests are insufficient.

Decisions to perform invasive tests or surgery were guided by test results.

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Often, children who have recurrent abdominal pain are put through a battery of invasive tests.

If tests suggest problems, angiography, a more invasive test, would be done to find the site of the problem and assess its severity.

They turned down doctors' orders for invasive tests.

He added that reducing the number of invasive tests did not result in a failure to detect affected pregnancies.

Another doctor had told her that an invasive test showed nothing unusual and nothing else could be done for her.

They can be classified as invasive tests (where a needle is inserted, to get placental fluid for example.

Doctors get paid very little for this, while they are compensated handsomely for performing operations and invasive tests.

An advantage of colonoscopy over x-ray imaging or other, less invasive tests, is the ability to perform therapeutic interventions during the test.

A CT angiogram is a less invasive test than a standard angiogram.

When her panicked family rushed her to the emergency room, doctors did invasive tests, difficult for a woman her age, and then suggested surgery.

If this is the case, the woman may be advised to have invasive tests (such as chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis).

"Using age as the sole criterion for an invasive test is not an efficient use of resources," Dr. Benn said in an interview.

That's why surgery, or any other invasive test or treatment beyond light exercise or painkillers, is rarely justified within the first month of a complaint.

We are steaming into the uncharted seas of more invasive tests and the monsters of critical decisions lurk in the mists.

Invasive tests such as CVS and amniocentesis do carry a risk of miscarriage, which you should discuss with your doctor.

In fact, there are clear criteria for diagnosing disorders that cause recurrent abdominal pain, and for most children, the diagnosis can be made without invasive tests.

"Collectively we will address the continuum of care for women, providing earlier and better detection, less invasive tests and treatment," Mr. Cumming said.

Sometimes they succeed in getting a label - usually the wrong one - and sometimes they are harmed by unnecessary and invasive tests and treatments.

During the two-and-a-half-year case, the longest in GMC history, he was accused of carrying out invasive tests on vulnerable children which were against their best interests.