BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background The study aimed to estimate the comparative costs per positive diagnosis of previously undetected HIV in three testing regimes: conventional; parallel and point of care (POC) testing.
Owain D. Williams +4 more
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Determining the Role of Point-of-Care Hemoglobin Testing in the Resuscitation of Acutely Hemorrhaging Patients [PDF]
, 2018 Point-of-care hemoglobin (Hb) testing has not been evaluated in the resuscitation of acutely hemorrhaging patients to guide transfusion therapy.
Peedin, MD, Alexis R. +1 more
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Progress and Challenges of Implementing Decentralized HIV Testing For Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV - Myanmar. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundMyanmar has adopted point-of-care (POC) HIV testing for its prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program, and was initiated in 84 townships in 2013.
Comulada, W Scott +4 more
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Management of Point-of-care Testing
Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory SciencePoint-of-care testing (POCT) is becoming increasingly vital in emergency, pediatric, and other healthcare settings, and offers rapid results and several advantages over central laboratory testing.
Chang-Eun PARK
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BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground The potential impact of metabolic diseases during pregnancy is of increasing interest. This prospective cohort study aimed to analyze the gut microbiota changes of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and hypertensive ...
Zhihua Zuo +4 more
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DiagnosticsBackground. No trials of POCT device pathways have been published in the field of anaemia of CKD. We describe the results of a year of use of a novel POCT device with its associated eHealth pathway in the home monitoring of ESA therapy, with the aim of ...
Richard Bodington +2 more
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Improving the Physical Exam with Technology - Point of Care Ultrasound [PDF]
, 2017 Point of Care Ultrasound is rapidly becoming standard of care for utilization in real time medical diagnostics and decision making. As such we sought to introduce ultrasound to medical students beginning in their first year and specifically incorporating
Pedram, Sammy
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Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in Febrile Children in General Practice [PDF]
, 2006 __Background:__ Point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) may be helpful in differentiating viral from bacterial infection. Such a device should give results comparable to laboratory testing.
Berger, M.Y. (Marjolein) +4 more
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Effect of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]
, 2017 Importance: The natriuretic peptides are biochemical markers of heart failure (HF) severity and predictors of adverse outcomes. Smaller studies have evaluated adjusting HF therapy based on natriuretic peptide levels ( guided therapy ) with inconsistent ...
Adams, Kirkwood F. +15 more
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Process of designing robust, dependable, safe and secure software for medical devices: Point of care testing device as a case study [PDF]
, 2013 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Copyright © 2013 Sivanesan Tulasidas et al. This paper presents a holistic methodology for the design of medical device software, which encompasses of a new way of ...
Balachandran, W +5 more
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