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Evaluación Bidimensional y Tridimensional de la Vía Aérea Superior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.The aim of this study was to validate and correlate the two-dimensional (2D) with the three-dimensional (3D) measures of the upper airway assessment.
Araya-Díaz, P.   +2 more
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Early predictors of poor treatment response in patients with schizophrenia treated with atypical antipsychotics

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background The aims of this study were to explore the relationship between early reduction in psychotic symptoms and the ultimate response in patients with schizophrenia treated by atypical antipsychotics, and to determine the best time to switch or ...
Yi-Lung Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accuracy of Leukocyte Esterase Reagent Strip (LERS) test for rapid bedside screening of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: An observational study

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Introduction: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe complication in cirrhotic patients with ascites. SBP is generally diagnosed based on an increased number of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in the ascitic fluid (>250/mm3) and ...
Harshad Khairnar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The shading sign: is it exclusive of endometriomas? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
To investigate if the shading sign is an exclusive MRI feature of endometriomas or endometrioid tumors, and to analyze its different patterns. Three hundred and fourty six women with adnexal masses who underwent 1.5/3-T MRI were included in this ...
Cunha, Teresa Margarida   +3 more
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Part 2: Positive and negative predictive values of diagnostic tests

open access: yesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
I n volume 3, number 2, pages 48-49, we explained some screening characteristics of a diagnostic test in an educational manuscript entitled “Simple definition and calculation of accuracy, sensitivity and specificity" (1).
Saeed Safari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography scan in mediastinal masses assuming histopathological findings as gold standard [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose: Aim of the study was to: 1) present MDCT characteristics of different mediastinal mass lesions, 2) estimate proportion of benign and malignant mediastinal mass lesions based on MDCT findings, and 3) find out the diagnostic accuracy with ...
Jaipal, Usha   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Confidence Intervals and Sample Size to Compare the Predictive Values of Two Diagnostic Tests

open access: yesMathematics, 2021
A binary diagnostic test is a medical test that is applied to an individual in order to determine the presence or the absence of a certain disease and whose result can be positive or negative.
José Antonio Roldán-Nofuentes   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Department: The ICON-RELOADED Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Contemporary reconsideration of diagnostic N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) cutoffs for diagnosis of heart failure (HF) is needed.
Chen-Tournoux, Annabel A.   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Frequency and significance of Ras, Tert promoter, and Braf mutations in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules: A monocentric case series at a tertiary-level Endocrinology unit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PurposeThe management of thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology is controversial. Our study aimed to establish the frequency and significance of H-,K-,N-RAS, TERT promoter, and BRAF gene mutations in thyroid nodes of indeterminate cytology and to ...
Barollo, Susi   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

The validity of the claims-based definition of rheumatoid arthritis evaluated in 64 hospitals in Japan

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background An administrative database covering a whole population such as the national database in Japan may be used to estimate the nationwide prevalence of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when a well-validated definition of the disease is ...
Kiyoshi Kubota   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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