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Point-of-care testing for non-communicable diseases and health literacy outcomes: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Health literacy responsiveness has been identified as a key action area in reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are a leading cause of death worldwide.
Kelcie Miller +5 more
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Point of care testing of GBS, isn’t it obvious? [PDF]
, 2018 Review of group B streptococcal diseases in newborns, of prevention strategies. Review of advantages and weakness of antenatal screening. A rapid test is needed for intrapartum screening: why, expected advantages and weakness, Wishlist of expected ...
Pierrette Melin
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2001 Point-of-care testing technology rapidly is changing the way physicians practice medicine by facilitating the availability of biochemical parameters immediately or almost immediately. The constant evolution and developments in [figure: see text] microchemistry and computer technology will make this area a dynamic part of medicine with the constant ...
M R, Fiallos, U A, Hanhan, J P, Orlowski
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Optimizing Public Health Preparedness for Highly Infectious Diseases in Central Vietnam
Diagnostics, 2022 Our primary objectives were (a) to determine the need for and the availability of point-of-care testing (POCT) for infectious diseases and (b) to recommend point-of-care testing strategies and Spatial Care PathsTM (SCPs) that enhance public health ...
Amanullah Zadran +6 more
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Implementation Science Communications, 2021 Background Sexually transmissible infections (STIs), such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia, are highly prevalent, particularly in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.
Lise Lafferty +13 more
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Spatial Care Path: Home, Community, and Emergency Diagnostic Portals
Diagnostics, 2022 This research uses mathematically derived visual logistics to interpret COVID-19 molecular and rapid antigen test (RAgT) performance, determine prevalence boundaries where risk exceeds expectations, and evaluate benefits of recursive testing along home ...
Gerald J. Kost
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Efficacy of Point-of-Care for INR Testing Compared to Standard Laboratory Methods at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 2020 Introduction: Regular testing of the international normalized ratio (INR) is essential for people taking vitamin K antagonists as part of anticoagulation therapy.
Manzoor Bhat +6 more
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Cardiac biomarkers by point-of-care testing - back to the future? [PDF]
, 2020 The measurement of the cardiac troponins (cTn), cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) are integral to the management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
Collinson, P
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Functional reference limits: a case study of serum ferritin
Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021 Reference intervals depend on the distribution of results within a reference population and can be influenced by subclinical disease. Functional reference limits present an opportunity to derive clinically relevant reference limits from routinely ...
Sezgin Gorkem +2 more
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