False negatives of screening in large-scale population
ObjectiveTo explore the changing trend of negative predictive value and number of false negatives in screening tests under the condition of low infection rate of infectious diseases.MethodsAssuming that the population is 20 million, to calculate the ...
XU Ning +4 more
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Inferring short-term volatility indicators from Bitcoin blockchain [PDF]
In this paper, we study the possibility of inferring early warning indicators (EWIs) for periods of extreme bitcoin price volatility using features obtained from Bitcoin daily transaction graphs.
A ElBahrawy +18 more
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Clinical Impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT on the Management of Gynecologic Cancers: One Center Experience [PDF]
Objective(s): We aim to investigate the clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in managing patients with gynecological malignancies and pelvic or extrapelvic lymph nodes that are of equivocal significance on conventional imaging.Methods: We retrospectively ...
Akram Al-ibraheem +4 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Pre-operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Prognostic Pathological Parameters in Endometrial Carcinoma [PDF]
Introduction: The 2nd most common gynecological malignancy and sixth among commonly diagnosed cancer is Endometrial carcinoma (EC). The risk and prognosis of the disease are assessed by appropriate staging according to the International Federation of ...
Tahira Yasmeen, Sadaf Nasir, Hanna Naqvi
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Preschool vision screening: negative predictive value for amblyopia [PDF]
Single optotype tests of visual acuity are widely used for preschool vision screening in order to optimise cooperation with testing. These tests may, however, underestimate the visual acuity deficit in amblyopia because they lack visual crowding.
D K, Newman, M M, East
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Identifying incident cancer cases in dispensing claims
Introduction Dispensing claims are used commonly as proxy measures in pharmacoepidemiological studies; however, their validity is often untested. Objectives To assess the performance of a proxy for identifying cancer cases based on the dispensing of ...
Benjamin Daniels +2 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]
Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K +8 more
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Applicability of Winthrop Score for the Diagnosis of Influenza A in the Emergency Department of Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez, January to March of 2018 [PDF]
Introduction: In 2010, the Department of Infectious Diseases at Winthrop University Hospital designed a score system for the diagnosis of Legionella pneumonia.
Montesdeoca, Rafael S. +1 more
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Transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy in postmenopausal bleeding: a prospective study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic value of transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy in patients with postmenopausal bleeding. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between January 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999, 88 outpatient women with postmenopausal bleeding were
Almeida e Sousa, L +7 more
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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the construct validity of the Danish version of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) and to compare the physical capacity items of WORQ to objective, standardized measures of physical capacity and ...
Ida Skovborg Verpe +6 more
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