Relative frequency of ultrasound diagnoses in patients referred for ophthalmic ultrasound.
An ultrasound diagnostic coding system was developed that permitted entry of diagnoses into a programmable calculator, thus permitting rapid information retrieval of patients with a specific diagnosis or diagnoses as well as the number of patients with a specific diagnosis. Cataract, vitreous opacity, trauma, choroidal disease, and retinal detachment were the most common diagnoses made. Only 7.2% of the patients had a normal ultrasound, indicating that ultrasound examination is a test probably underutilized by ophthalmologists.
D003201:Computers; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008499:Medical Records; D014463:Ultrasonography