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Screening Performance Characteristic of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pleural Effusion; a Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: The role of ultrasonography in detection of pleural effusion has long been a subject of interest but controversial results have been reported.
Mahmoud Yousefifard, Masoud Baikpour, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Hadi Asady, Kavous Shahsavari Nia, Ali Moghadas Jafari, Mostafa Hosseini, Saeed Safari   +7 more
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Cost effectiveness of using Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) as an initial diagnostic investigation for patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms suggestive of malignancy

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background There has been an increase in the numbers of patients presenting to primary care with suspected colorectal malignancy and subsequently an increase in demand for endoscopy.
CC Kearsey, C Graham, HS Lobb, J Chacko, R Weatherburn, PS Rooney   +5 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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Evaluation of Four Rapid Antigen Tests for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Oman Medical Journal, 2021
Objectives: Considering the increasing, significant burden that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) imposes on the healthcare system, the need for simple, rapid, and affordable diagnostic tests to support the existing costly and demanding polymerase ...
Sulaiman Al-Alawi, Hala Al-Hinai, Nawal Al-Kindi, Mohammed Al-Rashidi, Hanan Al-Kindi, Intisar Al-Shukri, Azza Al-Rashdi, Sachin Jose, Amina Al-Jardani   +8 more
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Evaluating PET-CT in the detection and management of recurrent cervical cancer: Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy and subjective elicitation [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is recommended to triage women for exenterative surgery and surveillance after treatment for advanced cervical cancer.
Auguste, P, Barton, P, Borowiack, E, Davenport, C, Guest, P, Khan, K, Kowalska, M, Martin-Hirsch, P, Małysiak, S, Meads, C, Roberts, T, Sundar, S, Zapalska, A   +12 more
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Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 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.
M. McMorrow, E. Kahigwa, S. Kachur, S. Abdulla, M. Masanja   +4 more
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Preanalytical issues related to routine and diagnostic glucose tests: Results from a survey in Spain [PDF]

Biochemia medica, 2020
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. The objective of this study was to find out under what preanalytical conditions routine and diagnostic glucose tests are performed across Spanish laboratories; and also what criteria are used for DM diagnosis.
García-Del-pino, I., Bauça, J. M., Gómez, C., Caballero, A., Llopis, M. A., Ibarz, M., Martínez, D., Ventura, M., Marzana, I., Puente, J. J., Segovia, M., Salas, P., Gómez-Rioja, R.   +12 more
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Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2010
"nRealizing the cause of Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is one of the most challenging processes in clinical endocrinology. The long high dose dexamethasone suppression test (standard test) is costly and need an extended inpatient stay.
Fatemeh Esfahanian, Rozana Kazemi
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Can clinical scoring systems improve the diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected adult appendicitis and equivocal preoperative computed tomography findings? [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2017
Objective Adult appendicitis (AA) with equivocal computed tomography (CT) findings remains a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Herein we evaluated the diagnostic performance of several clinical scoring systems in adult patients with suspected ...
Min Seok Chae, Chong Kun Hong, Young Rock Ha, Minjung Kathy Chae, Young Sik Kim, Tae Yong Shin, Jung Hwan Ahn   +6 more
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Abnormalities in preoperative examinations of plastic surgery patients [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2023
Introduction: Preoperative tests (EPO) aim to detect abnormalities and give greater safety to the procedure. However, the request for these tests is still controversial, either because they do not bring about changes in conduct for the procedure or ...
Leonardo Boscolo Bigarelli, Luiz Henrique Camargo Bigarelli, Renato Nisihara   +2 more
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