Results 31 to 40 of about 1,354,199 (345)

Expanding Access to Malaria Diagnosis through Retail Shops in Western Kenya: What Do Shop Workers Think? [PDF]

, 2013
Background. The common symptoms of malaria reduce the specificity of clinical diagnosis. Presumptive treatment is conventional but can lead to overdiagnosis of malaria, delay of appropriate treatment, overprescription of antimalarials, and drug ...
Goodman, Catherine, Koech, Beatrice, Naanyu, Violet, O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Obala, Andrew, Rusk, Andria   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

The Insulation of HVDC Extruded Cable System Joints. Part 1: Review of Materials, Design and Testing Procedures [PDF]

, 2019
This position paper by the DEIS HVDC Cable Systems Technical Committee provides a review of existing diagnostic electrical and dielectric techniques for testing the insulation of polymeric extruded HVDC cable joints in the present Part 1. Here, the state
Castellon, J., Chen, G., Fothergill, J., Fu, M., Hozumi, N., Lee, J. H., Li, J., Marzinotto, M., Mauseth, F., Mazzanti, G., Morshuis, P., Reed, C., Troia, I., Tzimas, A., Wu, K.   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

A guide to aid the selection of diagnostic tests

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017
In recent years, a wide range of diagnostic tests has become available for use in resource-constrained settings. Accordingly, a huge number of guidelines, performance evaluations and implementation reports have been produced.
C. Kosack, A. Page, P. Klatser
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
openaire   +3 more sources

Epidemiology and the agreement rate of serological tests in human brucellosis in North East of Iran [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Brucellosis still remains a major health problem with different symptoms and various diagnostic methods. Diagnostic methods of brucellosis are usually based on detecting specific antibodies in the patient’s serum.
Akhlaghi, M., Mohammadi, S., Sadeghian, A., Sadeghian, H., Saedi, S., Safdari, H.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Moving fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease from research tools to routine clinical diagnostics

Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2021
Four fluid-based biomarkers have been developed into diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology: the ratio of 42 to 40 amino acid-long amyloid β, a marker of plaque pathology; total-tau and phosphorylated tau, markers of AD-related changes ...
H. Zetterberg, K. Blennow
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pulmonary Contusion; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Ultrasonography is currently being used as one of the diagnostic modalities in various medical emergencies for screening of trauma patients.
Mostafa Hosseini, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Masoud Baikpour, Abbas Tafakhori, Hadi Asady, Mohammad Javad Haji Ghanbari, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Saeed Safari   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selective measurement of anti-tTG antibodies in coeliac disease and IgA deficiency : an alternative pathway [PDF]

, 2012
Objective To determine the ability of selective antibody testing to screen for coeliac disease in the presence of IgA deficiency and to define the sensitivity of a pathway using this method (Figure1).
Arasaradnam, Ramesh P., Harrison, Elizabeth, Liu, Kuo-Kang, Loft, Duncan, Nwokolo, Chuka U., Petchey, Michael   +5 more
core   +1 more source