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Routine laboratory testing to determine if a patient has COVID‐19

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Specific diagnostic tests to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) and resulting COVID‐19 disease are not always available and take time to obtain results. Routine laboratory markers such as white blood cell count,
I. Stegeman, E. Ochodo, F. Guleid, G. Holtman, Bada Yang, C. Davenport, J. Deeks, J. Dinnes, S. Dittrich, Devy Emperador, L. Hooft, R. Spijker, Y. Takwoingi, A. Van den Bruel, Junfeng Wang, M. Langendam, J. Verbakel, M. Leeflang   +17 more
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
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How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria are at the early stages of introduction across malaria endemic countries. This is central to efforts to decrease malaria overdiagnosis and the consequent overuse of valuable anti-malarials and ...
Ansah, Evelyn K, Chandler, Clare IR, Whitty, Christopher JM   +2 more
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Developmental Disorders in Children Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurocognitive deficits in adult survivors of childhood cancer are well established, but less is known about developmental disorders (DD) arising shortly after cancer diagnosis. Using 2016–2019 linked Ohio cancer registry and Medicaid data, we compared DD among 324 children with cancer and 606,913 cancer‐free controls.
Jamie Shoag, Long Vu, Ritika Miryala, Jeffrey M. Albert, Molly McVoy, Siran M. Koroukian   +5 more
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Admission dental examination: protocol and its importance in the diagnosis of oral pathology

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2015
The aim of this paper is to describe an efficient clinical protocol used in admittance dental examinations, highlighting the importance of this evaluation in the diagnosis of oral pathologies.
Mário Marques Fernandes, Mara Rosângeles de Oliveira, Rafael Bender Carpena de Menezes de Oliveira, Talita Lima de Castro, Luiz Renato Paranhos, Eduado Daruge Júnior   +5 more
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Derivation of a clinical decision guide in the diagnosis of cervical facet joint pain [PDF]

, 2014
Objective To derive a clinical decision guide (CDG) to identify patients best suited for cervical diagnostic facet joint blocks. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Pain management center.
Cook, Chad, Emery, Carolyn, Faris, Peter, Frizzell, Bevan, Jull, Gwendolen, Salo, Paul, Schneider, Geoff M., Smith, Ashley, Thomas, Kenneth   +8 more
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Prospective Evaluation of Three Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background Diagnosis of leptospirosis by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) or by culture is confined to specialized laboratories. Although ELISA techniques are more common, they still require laboratory facilities.
M. Goris, M. Leeflang, M. Lodén, J. Wagenaar, P. Klatser, R. Hartskeerl, K. Boer   +6 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Risk Factors for Pediatric B‐Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study for China Net Childhood Lymphoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (B‐LBL) represents a rare variety of non‐Hodgkin lymphoma, with limited research on its biology, progression, and management. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical characteristics of 256 patients aged ≤18 years who received treatment under the China Net Childhood Lymphoma (CNCL)‐
Zhijuan Liu, Jian Wang, Ling Jin, Yanlong Duan, Fu Li, Yueping Jia, Leping Zhang, Xiaojun Yuan, Wei Liu, Ying Liu, Ansheng Liu, Mincui Zheng, Yunpeng Dai, Lian Jiang, Lirong Sun, Xiaowen Zhai, Rong Liu, Chunju Zhou, Zifen Gao, Yonghong Zhang, Xiaomei Yang   +20 more
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Diagnosis in vascular dementia, applying ‘Cochrane diagnosis rules’ to ‘dementia diagnostic tools’ [PDF]

, 2017
In this issue of Clinical Science, Biesbroek and colleagues describe recent work on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based cerebral lesion location and its association with cognitive decline.
McCleery, Jenny, Quinn, Terence J.
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Getting antimalarials on target: impact of national roll-out of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on health facility treatment in three regions of Tanzania

Tropical medicine & international health, 2013
Parasitological confirmation of malaria prior to treatment is recommended for patients of all ages, with malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) an important tool to target artemisinin‐based combination therapies (ACTs) to patients with malaria.
Katia J. Bruxvoort, A. Kalolella, H. Nchimbi, Charles Festo, Mark Taylor, R. Thomson, M. Cairns, J. Thwing, I. Kleinschmidt, C. Goodman, S. Kachur   +10 more
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