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Public preferences for using quantitative faecal immunochemical test versus colonoscopy as diagnostic test for colorectal cancer: evidence from an online survey

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: There has been interest in using the non-invasive, home-based quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to rule out colorectal cancer (CRC) in high-risk symptomatic patients.
Christian von Wagner, Wouter Verstraete, Yasemin Hirst, Brian D Nicholson, Sandro T Stoffel, Helga Laszlo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment and management pathways of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: descriptive review and critical interpretive synthesis

Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 2022
Background: Mild cognitive impairment in older adults is a risk factor for dementia. Mild cognitive impairment is a result of a diverse range of underlying causes and may progress to dementia, remain stable or improve over time.
Duncan Chambers, Anna Cantrell, Katie Sworn, Andrew Booth   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abolishing user fees for children and pregnant women trebled uptake of malaria-related interventions in Kangaba, Mali. [PDF]

, 2011
Malaria is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 in Mali. Health centres provide primary care, including malaria treatment, under a system of cost recovery.
Audibert, F. Ponsar, G. Jouquet, Gilson, Jacobs, James, James, Lagarde, M. Philips, M. Van Herp, Nabyonga, Nyonator, R. Zachariah, S. Gerard, Witter, Witter   +15 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Diagnostic test sensitivity affects rate estimates for laboratory-confirmed influenza–associated hospitalizations. We used data from FluSurv-NET, a national population-based surveillance system for laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations, to ...
Alexander J. Millman, Carrie Reed, Pam Daily Kirley, Deborah Aragon, James I. Meek, Monica M. Farley, Patricia Ryan, Jim Collins, Ruth Lynfield, Joan Baumbach, Shelley Zansky, Nancy M. Bennett, Brian Fowler, Ann Thomas, Mary L. Lindegren, Annette Atkinson, Lyn Finelli, Sandra Chaves   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal cell-free DNA-based screening for fetal microdeletion and the importance of careful diagnostic follow-up. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundNoninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) by next-generation sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal plasma is used to screen for common aneuploidies such as trisomy 21 in high risk pregnancies.
Chu, Tianjiao, Clemens, Michelle, Peters, David G, Rajkovic, Aleksandar, Saller, Devereux N, Yatsenko, Svetlana A   +5 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of external quality assessment data in evaluating SARS-CoV-2 virus genome detection assays

The Lancet Microbe, 2022
Christoph Buchta, Mathias M Müller, Andrea Griesmacher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prokaryotic Expression of the Influenza A (H5N1) Neuraminidase

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background and purpose: Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5N1) viruses cause vast economic losses throughout the world. They may circulate in animals and be able to spread from human to human.
Zahra Latif, Behrokh Farahmand, Maryam Saleh, Zahra Barghi   +3 more
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Network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies identifies and ranks the optimal diagnostic tests and thresholds for healthcare policy and decision making [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: Network meta-analyses have extensively been used to compare the effectiveness of multiple interventions for healthcare policy and decision-making.
Cooper, Nicola J., Lees, Rosalind, Owen, Rhiannon K., Quinn, Terence J., Sutton, Alex J.   +4 more
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