Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Abdominal ultrasonography (ultrasound of abdominal organs) – as a standard diagnostic tool for abdominal pain (e.g., due to ovarian cyst/ovarian cyst, pregnancy)
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and mandatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Radiography of the abdomen (radiographic abdomen; abdominal overview) – if hollow organ perforation or ileus (intestinal obstruction) is suspected.
- Abdominal voiding radiograph in the standing position: Evidence of hollow organ perforation due to free air under the diaphragm (diaphragm).
- Abdominal voiding in supine position: suitable for detection of ileus [cavity perforation: free air; mechanical ileus: “mirror formation”].
- Detection of approximately 90% of renal or ureteral stones.
Note: High radiation exposure (radiation dose up to 30 times that of a chest x-ray) combined with limited diagnostic value. In a study of 874 patients, abnormalities were found in only 19% of abdominal plain radiographs.
- Colonoscopy (colonoscopy) – for suspected bleeding / tumors in the area of the colon (large intestine).
- Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen (abdominal CT) – on suspicion of tumors, inflammation (appendicitis (appendicitis), diverticulitis / disease of the large intestine, in which inflammation forms in protrusions of the mucosa), etc. in the abdomen.
