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Enhancing Automated Test Selection in Probabilistic Networks [PDF]

, 2007
In diagnostic decision-support systems, test selection amounts to selecting, in a sequential manner, a test that is expected to yield the largest decrease in the uncertainty about a patient’s diagnosis.
M. Ben-Bassat, P. Doubilet, P. Glasziou, S. Andreassen   +3 more
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High Score of ELST-Blue in Endoscopic Ultrasonography Strain Elastography May Provide a High Risk Group of Early Chronic Pancreatitis with the Reduction of Apolipoprotein A2-i Index. [PDF]

DEN Open
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate the usefulness of the ELST‐blue score to explore its potential application in identifying high‐risk groups for early chronic pancreatitis (ECP) through reflecting on pancreatic elasticity and the reduction of pancreatic function, and we tried to demonstrate whether the ELST‐blue score was significantly associated with ...
Nakamura K, Futagami S, Agawa S, Higashida S, Tanabe T, Onda T, Kawawa R, Habiro M, Kirita K, Sai S, Itokawa N, Ueki N, Watanabe Y, Ohta R, Taniai N, Honda K, Iwakiri K, Atsukawa M.   +17 more
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The Learning Curve of Junior Endoscopists in EUS-Guided Gastroenterostomy With the Wireless Simplified Technique: A Prospective Study. [PDF]

United European Gastroenterol J
ABSTRACT Introduction Learning curve of EUS‐guided Gastroenterostomy (EUS‐GE) has been explored through retrospective studies involving few elite senior endoscopists (SE), with procedural time as the main surrogate outcome. This study aims to evaluate the training of junior endoscopists (JE) approaching the technique and cover clinically relevant ...
Vanella G, Frigo F, Perelli F, Barà R, Maisonneuve P, Archibugi L, Tacelli M, Lauri G, Bellafante D, Bina N, Nunziata R, Biamonte P, Ponz De Leon Pisani R, Capurso G, Arcidiacono PG.   +14 more
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Addressing Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency and the Impact of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Shortages in Europe. [PDF]

United European Gastroenterol J
United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 13, Issue 10, Page 2090-2092, December 2025.
Panaitescu-Damian A, Gürcinar I, Stoica V, Paiella S, Hollenbach M, Regel I, Swibold D, Capurso G, Carrato A, Michl P, Arnes L.   +10 more
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Diagnosis of pancreatic disease in feline platynosomosis [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: Platynosomum species are cat-specific parasitic trematodes that parasitize the biliary ducts and gall bladder. Due to the common connection to the major duodenal papilla of the pancreas and common bile ducts in addition to the periductal ...
Illanes, Oscar, Ketzis, Jennifer, Köster, Liza, Rajeev, Sreekumari, Shell, Linda   +4 more
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Repeatability of innervation zone identification in the external anal sphincter muscle [PDF]

, 2010
Knowledge of the distribution of the innervation zones (IZs) of the external anal sphincter (EAS) may be useful for preventing anal sphincter incompetence during vaginal delivery.
Davico, E., Enck, P., Franz, H., Mastrangelo, Francesco, Merletti, Roberto, Mesin, Luca   +5 more
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Selection criteria for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy and endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones. Results of a retrospective; single center study between 1996-2002 [PDF]

, 2004
AIM: The optimal treatment for bile duct stones (in terms of cost, complications and accuracy) is unclear. The aim of our study was to determine the predictive factors for preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Lakatos, László, Lakatos, Péter László, Mester, Gábor, Nagy, Attila, Réti, György   +4 more
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The effects of childbirth on the pelvic-floor [PDF]

, 2000
Basically, vaginal delivery is associated with the risk of pelvic floor damage. The pelvic floor sequelae of childbirth includes anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
Allen RE, Anthony S, Frudinger A, Frudinger A, Gilpin S, Jackson S, Johanson RB, King JK, Labrecque M, Mac Arthur C, Mant J, Pigne A, Rasmussen KL, Rockner G, Sleep J, Smith AR, Snooks SJ, Sultan AH, Sultan AH, van Geelen J, Vessey MP, Viktrup L, Viktrup L, Wilson PD, Zetterstrom JP   +24 more
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Usefulness of the double-guidewire technique for endoscopic procedures in the field of biliary and pancreatic diseases [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2022
The double-guidewire method has been increasingly used in endoscopic procedures for biliary and pancreatic diseases in recent years, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasonography-related procedures.
Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo
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MEDIASTinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer by endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasonography with or without additional surgical mediastinoscopy (MEDIASTrial): study protocol of a multicenter randomised controlled trial

BMC Surgery, 2018
Background In case of suspicious lymph nodes on computed tomography (CT) or fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), advanced tumour size or central tumour location in patients with suspected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Dutch ...
Jelle E. Bousema, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Nicole E. Papen-Botterhuis, Hermien W. Schreurs, Jos G. Maessen, Erik H. van der Heijden, Willem H. Steup, Jerry Braun, Valentin J. J. M. Noyez, Fieke Hoeijmakers, Naomi Beck, Martijn van Dorp, Niels J. M. Claessens, Birgitta I. Hiddinga, Johannes M. A. Daniels, David J. Heineman, Harmen R. Zandbergen, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, Paul E. van Schil, Jouke T. Annema, Frank J. C. van den Broek, MEDIASTrial study group   +21 more
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