Correlates of Delayed Diagnosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Rural HIV Clinic, South Africa [PDF]
, 2012 Delay in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is one of the major factors that affect outcome and threatens continued spread of tuberculosis. This study aimed at determining factors associated with delayed PTB diagnosis among human immunodeficiency ...
Boniface, R +4 more
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Determinants of delay in tuberculosis diagnosis in Hamadan province, 2006−2014
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016 Introduction: Identifying factors that delay diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) are important for the health system when timely patient treatment and reducing TB transmission are desirable goals.
Salman Khazaei +8 more
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Predictors of short-term mortality in HIV-infected patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit
ABCS Health Sciences, 2023 Introduction: Historically, complications of HIV infection have been related to admissions to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Despite therapeutic advances, the results of the analysis of prognostic factors in patients with HIV/AIDS have varied, including
Marco Aurélio Bulhões Pereira +5 more
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Delayed diagnosis and treatment of children with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
International Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2021 COVID-19, the novel coronavirus has caused a global pandemic affecting millions of people around the world. Although children, including children with cancer, have been found to be affected less commonly and less severely than adults, indirect effects of
Michal Dvori +13 more
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Biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes and their role in diabetic patients [PDF]
, 2005 Diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes are at high risk for cardiovascular complications but risk stratification in these patients remains challenging.
Christopher Heeschen +5 more
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Delayed diagnosis of subungual osteochondroma
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Subungual osteochondroma is a rare benign tumor that is often missed at initial evaluation. In this case report, we present a prepubescent boy that presented with a subungual mass, which was misdiagnosed and treated as a simple wart.
Limael E. Rodriguez +3 more
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From Dysarthria to Tetanus: Case Report and Diagnostic Considerations
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Tetanus is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani that proliferates in wound sites. Toxin interference with neuromuscular function leads to spasms.
Mariana Bilreiro, Luís Marote Correia
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Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2021 Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) are multi‐system disorders where target organ damage is mediated by infective, autoimmune and inflammatory processes. Bronchiectasis is probably the most common disabling complication of CVID.
R. Ameratunga +19 more
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Adding Recognition Discriminability Index to the Delayed Recall Is Useful to Predict Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Ongoing research is focusing on the identification of those individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who are most likely to convert to Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Gustavo Sevlever +5 more
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Derivation and Validation of an Algorithm to Detect Stroke Using Arm Accelerometry Data
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Early diagnosis is essential for effective stroke therapy. Strokes in hospitalized patients are associated with worse outcomes compared with strokes in the community.
Steven R. Messé +10 more
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