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Drug Critical Limits for Urgent Physician Notification

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Critical limits represent quantitative decision thresholds for drugs that require immediate clinician notification and potential life‐saving intervention. United States hospitals lack a national standard for drug critical limits. We collected critical limits from 417 US hospitals across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.; of these, 411 maintained drug ...
Elina Kuang, Yasmeen Ibrahim, Kyle Cheng, Gerald J. Kost   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Point-of-care haemoglobin accuracy and transfusion outcomes in non-cardiac surgery at a Canadian tertiary academic hospital: protocol for the PREMISE observational study

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Transfusions in surgery can be life-saving interventions, but inappropriate transfusions may lack clinical benefit and cause harm. Transfusion decision-making in surgery is complex and frequently informed by haemoglobin (Hgb) measurement in ...
Dean A Fergusson, Ranjeeta Mallick, Tim Ramsay, Daniel I McIsaac, Alan Tinmouth, Guillaume Martel, Justin Presseau, François Martin Carrier, Karine Brousseau, Leah Monette, Aklile Workneh, Julie Shaw, Christopher Wherrett   +12 more
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Performance of PNAEQ participant’s results for HIV and HCV infection in the First EQA round 2019 [PDF]

, 2019
The Portuguese National External Quality Assessment Program (PNAEQ) has been collaborating with Labquality since 2002. One of the first schemes distributed to PNAEQ participants was for HIV laboratory tests, followed by HCV laboratory tests scheme in ...
Cardoso, Ana, Correia, Helena, Faria, Ana Paula, Järvenpää, Marsa, Pereira, Edna, Ventura, Catarina, Viegas, Silvia   +6 more
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Combining H-FABP and GFAP increases the capacity to differentiate between CT-positive and CT-negative patients with mild traumatic brain injury [PDF]

, 2018
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients may have trauma-induced brain lesions detectable using CT scans. However, most patients will be CT-negative. There is thus a need for an additional tool to detect patients at risk. Single blood biomarkers, such
Bustamante, Alejandro, Egea Guerrero, Juan José, El Rahal, Amir, García-Armengol, Roser, Lagerstedt, Linnéa, Melinda Prica, Carmen, Montaner, Joan, Quintana-Díaz, Manuel, Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ana   +8 more
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Strong Cross‐Reactivity of Anti–Plasmodium falciparum pLDH Monoclonal Antibodies With Plasmodium malariae pLDH in the Abbott Bioline Malaria Ag P.f/P.f/P.v Rapid Diagnostic Test

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to describe the cross‐reactivity of the Abbott Bioline Malaria Ag P.f/P.f/P.v rapid diagnostic test, designed to detect Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, with other Plasmodium species, based on the detection of parasite lactate dehydrogenase enzymes.
Gabriel Montoia, Maria Carmen Arroyo Sanchez, Giselle Lima‐Cooper, Maria de Lourdes Rego Neves Farinas, Juliana Inoue, Silvia Maria Di Santi   +5 more
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A strong form of almost differentiability [PDF]

, 2009
We present a uniformization of Reeken's macroscopic differentiability (see [5]), discuss its relations to uniform differentiability (see [6]) and classical continuous differentiability, prove the corresponding chain rule, Taylor's theorem, mean value ...
Almeida, R., Neves, V.
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Korat‐Scrub Typhus Score: A Clinical Tool for Predicting Scrub Typhus in Patients With Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Scrub typhus is a major cause of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) in the Asia–Pacific region. Nonspecific presentation, limited diagnostic accuracy and delayed treatment increase morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to develop a simple clinical score for early diagnosis in adults with AUFI. Methods A cross‐sectional
Wilawan Thipmontree, Ekkarat Wongsawat, Saowaluk Silpasakorn, Yupin Suputtamongkol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental healthcare clinician engagement with point of care testing; a qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background Point of Care Testing (POCT) is being increasingly used to augment the delivery of physical health care in a variety of settings, but their use in mental health has been limited.
Joseph Butler, Simone de Cassan, Phil Turner, Belinda Lennox, Gail Hayward, Margaret Glogowska   +5 more
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Role of Point-of-Care Testing in Reducing Time to Treatment Decision-Making in Urgency Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Shortening emergency department (ED) visit time can reduce ED crowding, morbidity and mortality, and improve patient satisfaction. Point-of-care testing (POCT) has the potential to decrease laboratory turnaround time, possibly leading to ...
Chaisirin, Wansiri, Chakorn, Tipa, Laiwejpithaya, Sathima, Nakornchai, Tanyaporn, Pavichai, Rungrudee, Praphruetkit, Nattakarn, Rattanathummawat, Kavisara, Riyapan, Sattha, Ruangsomboon, Onlak, Thoesam, Tenzin, Wongkrajang, Preechaya   +10 more
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In vitro determination of hemoglobin A1c for diabetes diagnosis and management: technology update [PDF]

, 2014
It is fascinating to consider the analytical improvements that have occurred since glycated hemoglobin was first used in routine clinical laboratories for diabetes monitoring around 1977; at that time methods displayed poor precision, there were no ...
English, Emma, John, W Garry, Milosevich, Elise T   +2 more
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