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Application of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Hemothorax: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Hemothorax is one of the most prevalent injuries caused by thoracic traumas. Early detection and treatment of this injury is of utmost importance in prognosis of the patient, but there are still controversial debates on the diagnostic ...
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Masoud Baikpour, Abbas Tafakhori, Hadi Asady, Gholamreza Faridaalaee, Mostafa Hosseini, Saeed Safari   +8 more
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Validation and implementation of a diagnostic algorithm for DNA Detection of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B-holmesii in a Pediatric Referral Hospital in Barcelona, Spain [PDF]

, 2019
This study aimed to validate a comprehensive diagnostic protocolbased on real-time PCR for the rapid detection and identification ofBordetella per-tussis,Bordetella parapertussis, andBordetella holmesii, as well as its implementationin the diagnostic ...
Acosta Argueta, Lesly María, Godoy Garcia, Pere, Henares Bonilla, Desirée, Jané Checa, Mireia, Muñoz Almagro, Carmen, Valero Rello, Anna   +5 more
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Routine Individual Feedback on Requests for Diagnostic Tests

Medical Decision Making, 1996
The authors assessed the economic consequences of routine individual feedback on test requests provided to 85 family physicians in a region with 187,000 inhabitants. In a retrospective study as part of a quasi-experiment, cost trends in a region where feedback was provided over a seven-year period were compared with cost trends elsewhere in The ...
Winkens, R.A.G., Ament, A., Pop, P., Renier, P., Grol, R.P.T.M., Knottnerus, J.A.   +5 more
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Routine Brain MRI Findings on the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Diagnostics, 2023
Rationale and Objectives: Post-COVID condition (PCC) is associated with long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in PCC examines the brain metabolism, connectivity, and morphometry. Such techniques are not easily available in
Yuriy Vasilev, Ivan Blokhin, Anna Khoruzhaya, Maria Kodenko, Vasiliy Kolyshenkov, Olga Nanova, Yuliya Shumskaya, Olga Omelyanskaya, Anton Vladzymyrskyy, Roman Reshetnikov   +9 more
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Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of care as one strategy to increase
Baraka Amuri, CIR Chandler, D Bell, D Payne, D Zurovac, Dan Kajungu, DS Ishengoma, HA Williams, IM Masanja, Irene M Masanja, J Faucher, Jacek Skarbinski, L Gilson, LJ Manham, Majige Selemani, Rashid Khatib, S Patrick Kachur, SA Harvey, TJ O’Dempsey, United Republic of Tanzania. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, V D’Acremont, W Rennie, World Health Organization   +22 more
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Exome sequencing in routine diagnostics: a generic test for 254 patients with primary immunodeficiencies [PDF]

Genome Medicine, 2019
Diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) is complex and cumbersome yet important for the clinical management of the disease. Exome sequencing may provide a genetic diagnosis in a significant number of patients in a single genetic test.In May 2013, we implemented exome sequencing in routine diagnostics for patients suffering from PIDs.
Maaike Vreeburg, Sarah Hortillosa, Ali Asery, Jaap ten Oever, Anna Simon, Eissa Faqeih, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Alaa B. Alsaad, Chantal Kerkhofs, Joris A. Veltman, Joris A. Veltman, Michiel van der Flier, Michiel van der Flier, Peer Arts, Peer Arts, Murad K. Habazi, Badr Alsaleem, Jayne Y. Hehir-Kwa, Anja Wagner, Marcel R. Nelen, Maartje van de Vorst, Pieter van Paassen, Walid Ballourah, Riikka Keski-Filppula, Riikka Keski-Filppula, M.A. MacKenzie, Hamza A. AlGhamdi, Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers, Dimitra Zafeiropoulou, Erica H. Gerkes, Fahad AlManjomi, Elanur Yilmaz, Elanur Yilmaz, Koen J. van Aerde, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Alexander Hoischen, Judith Potjewijd, Marcel van Deuren, Eman AlIdrissi, Tomasz Stokowy, Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini, Njood Alenezi, Jukka S. Moilanen, Jukka S. Moilanen, Mihai G. Netea, Evelien Zonneveld-Huijssoon, Abdulrahman A. Andijani, Gijs Th. J. van Well, Khurram Lone, Esther P A H Hoppenreijs, Wendy A. G. van Zelst-Stams, Annet Simons, Christian Gilissen, Hadeel A. AlJubab, Stefan H. Lelieveld, Janneke H M Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Stefanie S. V. Henriet, Mofareh AlZahrani   +57 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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Clinical Performance of an Automated Reader in Interpreting Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Parasitological confirmation of malaria is now recommended in all febrile patients by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce inappropriate use of anti-malarial drugs.
Ali Mohammed, Caroline Mavere, D Bell, D Njama-Meya, D-S Lee, DN Durrheim, E Nicastri, G Mtove, J Kahama-Maro, KM Learmonth, Marcela Cancino, MI Masanja, ML McMorrow, ML McMorrow, Omar Juma, P Mukadi, P Mukadi, RE Coleman, SA Harvey, Salim Abdulla, Santiago Ferro, Seif Shekalaghe, SP Kachur, V D’Acremont, V D’Acremont, W Rennie, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, YA Afrane, YH Chiu   +32 more
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Validating blood tests as a possible routine diagnostic assay of Alzheimer’s disease

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2023
In recent years, exciting developments in disease modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have made accurate and timely diagnosis of this disease a priority. Blood biomarkers (BBMs) for amyloid pathology using improved immunoassay and mass spectrometry techniques have been an area of intense research for the last 10 years and are coming to ...
Kodosaki, Eleftheria, Zetterberg, Henrik, Heslegrave, Amanda   +2 more
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Evaluation of hemoglobin performance in the assessment of iron stores in feto-maternal pairs in a high-risk population: receiver operating characteristic curve analysis

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2015
Objective: By applying receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the objective of this study was to see whether hemoglobin levels reflect body iron stores in a group of pregnant women at term who, by using serum ferritin as the reference test ...
José Carlos Jaime-Pérez, Gisela García-Arellano, Nereida Méndez-Ramírez, Óscar González-Llano, David Gómez-Almaguer   +4 more
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