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Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2010 Histidine-rich protein II (HRP2)-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have shown high sensitivity and specificity for detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a variety of study settings.
Abdulla, Salim M K +9 more
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Emergency, 2014 Introduction: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) as a monomicrobial infection of ascites fluid is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in cirrhotic patients. This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ascites
Hamed Aminiahidashti +6 more
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Residência Pediátrica, 2023 INTRODUCTION: Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) is a lysosomal storage disorder involved in cholesterol ester metabolism. It is a poorly understood genetic cause of cirrhosis, dyslipidemia and premature atherosclerotic disease in children and ...
Marcella Borges +11 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.
Abdulla, Salim +13 more
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Effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests on patient management in an emergency department [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019 Objective We evaluated the effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) on patient management in an emergency department for 3 years after 2009, and also identified factors associated with the choice of treatment for patients with influenza-like ...
Jong-Hak Park +5 more
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Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2010 Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were developed as an alternative to microscopy for malaria diagnosis. The RDTs detect malaria parasite antigen(s) in whole blood with high sensitivity and specificity.
M. Irene Masanja +9 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018 Introduction:Â 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 +8 more
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Diagnostic Value of Routine Liver Tests
Clinical Chemistry, 1975 Abstract In 131 patients on a medical service and 97 patients on a surgical service, in whom a diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease was verified in the hospital, the diagnostic value of routine liver tests performed soon after admission was evaluated by stepwise discriminant analysis.
P, Winkel +3 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 +9 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. +5 more
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