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Understanding diagnostic error: looking beyond diagnostic accuracy

Diagnosis, 2015
Abstract Whether a diagnosis is correct or incorrect is often used to determine diagnostic performance despite there being no valid measure of diagnostic accuracy. In this paper we draw on our experience of conducting research on diagnostic error and discuss some of the challenges that a focus on accuracy brings to this field of research.
Jane, Heyhoe, Rebecca, Lawton, Gerry, Armitage, Mark, Conner, Neil H, Ashurst   +4 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Bethesda Classification of Thyroid Nodules at a Kenyan Hospital: A Retrospective Study

The Annals of African Surgery
Background: The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) was developed to standardize the reporting of thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) results.
Aurelia Brazeal, Adili Wobenjo, Chege Macharia, Morgan Otido, Rosemary Kamau, Jana MacLeod   +5 more
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Utility of Microwave Processing in Plasma-Thromboplastin Method of Cell Block Prepared from Fine Needle Aspirates [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Cell Blocks (CBs) in cytology complement routine smears and increase diagnostic accuracy. However, routine processing of CBs on an average varies between 12-18 hours, thereby delaying the additional information it can provide.
Maniyan Prakash Sumitha, Shankaran Rukmini Niveditha, Thejasvi Krishnamurthy   +2 more
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Evaluation of delirium screening tools in geriatric medical inpatients: a diagnostic test accuracy study [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: screening all unscheduled older adults for delirium is recommended in national guidelines, but there is no consensus on how to perform initial assessment.
Burns, Jennifer, Cunnington, AnneLouise, Evans, Jonathan, Hendry, Kirsty, Miller, Hazel, Quinn, Terence J., Scortichini, Valeria, Stott, David J.   +7 more
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Predicting Diagnostic Accuracy [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2007
To the Editor: The report by Nendaz et al.1 on diagnostic accuracy highlighted the importance of previous exposure to similar cases and generating hypotheses early in the encounter. However, I was surprised the authors did not reference the descriptive article by Kassirer and Gorry2 in which similar conclusions were reached.
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Accuracy of four rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for human leptospirosis diagnosis in Indonesia

Microbiology Spectrum
Leptospirosis is an endemic zoonotic disease with protean clinical manifestations caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the Leptospira genus. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the gold standard for leptospirosis diagnosis and can only be ...
Farida Handayani, Endah Tri Widanarti, Citra W. Kusuma, Ristiyanto Ristiyanto, Amin Soebandrio, Muhammad Hussein Gasem   +5 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
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Sources of bias in diagnostic accuracy studies

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2015
Diagnostic accuracy studies are known to have different sources of bias. Usually, those biases are not stated clearly in papers and lead to disruption in conclusion.
Areej Abdul Ghani Al Fattani, Abdulla Aljoudi   +1 more
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Tailored for Real-World: A Whole Slide Image Classification System Validated on Uncurated Multi-Site Data Emulating the Prospective Pathology Workload. [PDF]

, 2020
Standard of care diagnostic procedure for suspected skin cancer is microscopic examination of hematoxylin & eosin stained tissue by a pathologist. Areas of high inter-pathologist discordance and rising biopsy rates necessitate higher efficiency and ...
Ayyagari, Devi, Bonham, Michael J., Chamarthi, Ramachandra Vikas, Cockerell, Clay J., Feeser, Theresa A., Ianni, Julianna D., Lee, Jason B., Motaparthi, Kiran, Olsen, Thomas G., Sankarapandian, Sivaramakrishnan, Soans, Rajath E., Stavish, Coleman C.   +11 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source