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The perioperative immune response [PDF]

, 2015
PURPOSE OF REVIEW A host of immune modulators are now available in clinical practice. The perioperative period is characterized by profound alterations in host immunity, which can result in poor outcomes, which include infection, cancer recurrence and
Akira, Atzil, Baigrie, Bianchi, Bolac, Buggy, Cata, Chan, Chen, Cheng, Cheron, Corcoran, Danan, Diehl, Doehring, Elston, Fragkou, Fragkou, Gaudilliere, Giannoudis, Heninger, Highfill, Hotchkiss, Jensen, Liu, Lord, Manson, Markovic, Mathiesen, Matsuoka, Memtsoudis, Milosavljevic, Mokart, Opelz, Oppenheim, Ostrand-Rosenberg, Owen, Pei, Percival, Picq, Pillay, Pillay, Schiergens, Schmielau, Torrance, Torrance, Vallejo, Wakefield, Waldron, White, Xiao   +50 more
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From the clinic to the lab (and back) : a call for laboratory research to optimize cognitive-behaviour treatment of pain [PDF]

, 2011
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the dominant psychological treatment for chronic pain. CBT covers a mixture of aims and a broad range of techniques, including attentional control, modification of maladaptive beliefs and coping strategies and ...
Moore, David J, Van Damme, Stefaan
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Improving statistical inference on pathogen densities estimated by quantitative molecular methods: malaria gametocytaemia as a case study [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Quantitative molecular methods (QMMs) such as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR), reverse-transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) and quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (QT-NASBA) are increasingly used to ...
A Gelman, André Lin Ouédraogo, B Hoadley, C Eisenhart, C Fraser, C Osborne, CE McCulloch, Cornelus Hermsen, D Lunn, DJ Lunn, DJ Spiegelhalter, DL Massart, EC Fieller, F Ferre, FA Graybill, G Marsaglia, GK Shulka, HG Niesters, HS Mubarak El, J Jiang, J Wain, JF Cohen, JH McCulloch, JM Ruijter, JN Miller, JO Beer De, JS Murray, JS Yuan, K Danzer, K Khairnar, KK Lai, LC Okell, LJ Naszódi, M Plummer, M Sivaganesan, M Woodhead, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, NM Ferguson, P Schneider, P Schneider, P Vankeerberghen, PF Mens, R Wampfler, S Nadarajah, SA Bustin, SA Bustin, SA Fiscus, T Nolan, T Ponnudurai, TD Schmittgen, Teun Bousema, Thomas S Churcher, TS Churcher, World Health Organization, Y Karlen, YW Tang   +56 more
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Diabetes Mellitus among new tuberculosis patients in Bamako, Mali

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) increases worldwide, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. In Mali, the prevalence in the adult population is estimated at 1.8%, but tuberculosis (TB) patients are not systematically screened.
B. Diarra, M. Tolofoudie, Y.S. Sarro, A.C.G. Togo, S. Bane, I. Nientao, A.B. Cisse, M. Kone, A. Somboro, B. Degoga, F. Diallo, G. Coulibaly, O. Kodio, M. Sanogo, B. Kone, S. Diabate, B. Baya, A. Kone, D. Dabitao, M. Maiga, M. Belson, S. Dao, I.I. Maiga, R.L. Murphy, S. Siddiqui, Y. Toloba, B. Konate, S. Doumbia, B.C. de Jong, S. Diallo   +29 more
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Misdiagnosis of Clostridioides difficile Infections by Standard-of-Care Specimen Collection and Testing among Hospitalized Adults, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 2019–2020

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Although Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) incidence is high in the United States, standard-of-care (SOC) stool collection and testing practices might result in incidence overestimation or underestimation. We conducted diarrhea surveillance among
Julio A. Ramirez, Frederick J. Angulo, Ruth M. Carrico, Stephen Furmanek, Senén Peña Oliva, Joann M. Zamparo, Elisa Gonzalez, Pingping Zhang, Leslie A. Wolf Parrish, Subathra Marimuthu, Michael W. Pride, Sharon Gray, Cátia S. Matos Ferreira, Forest W. Arnold, Raul E. Istúriz, Nadia Minarovic, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Luis Jodar   +17 more
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Microcomputed Tomography Applications in Bone and Mineral Research [PDF]

, 2013
Microcomputed tomography (μCT) has evolved as a development of simple X-ray imaging into an indispensable technique used in both laboratory research and clinical diagnostics. Commercially available systems are capable of creating images at sub-micrometer
Bart, Zachary R., Wallace, Joseph M.
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Color Blindness Defect and Medical Laboratory Technologists: Unnoticed Problems and the Care for Screening [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2010
Color -blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some color that other people can distinguish. Using a literature search , the results indicate the prevalence of color vision deficiency in the medical profession and its on medical skills.
Hossein Dargahi, Nahid Einollahi, Nasrin Dashti   +2 more
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A modified standardized nine hole peg test for valid and reliable kinematic assessment of dexterity post-stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2019
Background Impairments in dexterity after stroke are commonly assessed by the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT), where the only outcome variable is the time taken to complete the test.
Gudrun M Johansson, Charlotte K Häger
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Shorter laboratory turnaround time is associated with shorter emergency department length of stay: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background A longer emergency department length of stay (EDLOS) is associated with poor outcomes. Shortening EDLOS is difficult, due to its multifactorial nature. A potential way to improve EDLOS is through shorter turnaround times for diagnostic testing.
Bram E. L. Vrijsen, Saskia Haitjema, Jan Westerink, Cornelia A. R. Hulsbergen-Veelken, Wouter W. van Solinge, Maarten J. ten Berg   +5 more
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Standardization of Clinical Assessment and Sample Collection Across All PERCH Study Sites. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND.: Variable adherence to standardized case definitions, clinical procedures, specimen collection techniques, and laboratory methods has complicated the interpretation of previous multicenter pneumonia etiology studies.
Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Brooks, W Abdullah, Bunthi, Charatdao, Crawley, Jane, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Ebruke, Bernard E, Feikin, Daniel R, Goswami, Doli, Hammitt, Laura L, Hidgon, Melissa M, Howie, Stephen RC, Karron, Ruth A, Kazungu, Sidi, Kotloff, Karen L, Kourouma, Nana, Levine, Orin S, Mackenzie, Grant, Madhi, Shabir A, Moore, David P, Mudau, Azwifari, Murdoch, David R, Mwale, Magdalene, Nahar, Kamrun, O'Brien, Katherine L, Park, Daniel E, PERCH Study Group, Piralam, Barameht, Prosperi, Christine, Scott, J Anthony G, Seidenberg, Phil, Sylla, Mamadou, Thea, Donald M   +34 more
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