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Point of care testing for C-reactive protein [PDF]

, 2006
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Melbye, H., Stocks, N.
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
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Patient needs and point-of-care requirements for HIV load testing in resource-limited settings [PDF]

, 2010
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent medical nongovernmental organization. One way in which MSF acts to improve patient care is to assist in the identification and development of adapted and appropriate tools for use in ...
Calmy, Alexandra, Guillerm, Martine, Usdin, Martine   +2 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Factors determining patients' intentions to use point-of-care testing medical devices for self-monitoring: the case of international normalized ratio self-testing

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2012
Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah,1 Julie Barnett,1 Jasna Kuljis,2 Kate Hone,2 Richard Kaczmarski31Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare, 2Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK;
Shah SG, Barnett J, Kuljis J, Hone K, Kaczmarski R   +4 more
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Effective interventions to improve the quality of critically high point-of-care glucose meter results

Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2020
Objectives: Point-of-care testing (POCT) is testing performed outside the traditional laboratory, often at the patient bedside. In hospital settings, blood glucose is the most common POCT.
Julie LV. Shaw, Christopher R. McCudden, David A. Colantonio, Ronald A. Booth, Danny C. Lin, Ivan M. Blasutig, Thomas Moran, Dana Trofimczuk, Chantal Carriere, Anas Gharra, Cheryl Portelance, Chantal Tremblay, Dianne Dupaul, Nathalie Breton, Merina Angelkovski, Chetan Jariwala, Maureen Embleton, Christine Campbell, Kristina Groulx, Karen Larmour   +19 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., Anstrom, Kevin J., Cooper, Lawton S., Desvigne-Nickens, Patrice, Ezekowitz, Justin A, Felker, G. Michael, Fiuzat, Mona, Houston-Miller, Nancy, Januzzi, James L., Leifer, Eric S., Mark, Daniel B., O\u27Connor, Christopher M, Passmore, Gayle, Piña, Ileana L., Whellan, David J., Yang, Hongqiu   +15 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
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Integrating GEO Database, Mendelian Randomization, and Molecular Docking to Identify HLA-C as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Periodontitis

Mediators of Inflammation
Conclusion: This study identifies HLA-C as a potential therapeutic target for periodontitis, with MD studies and molecular dynamic simulations highlighting metronidazole as a potential treatment.
ChengJi Shi, Xinyi Ou, LiJuan Huang, XiaoXu Lei, ShuHao Xu, Menglu Ou, Wei Li, Xi Zhao   +7 more
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Review of Health Economics of Point-of-Care Testing Worldwide and Its Efficacy of Implementation in the Primary Health Care Setting in Remote Australia

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Hoi Yan Wong,1 Loredana G Marcu,2,3 Eva Bezak,1,3,4 Nayana Anupam Parange1,3 1Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; 2Faculty of Informatics & Science, University of Oradea, Oradea 410087, Romania ...
Wong HY, Marcu LG, Bezak E, Parange NA
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