Predictive value of anatomically difficult airway tests
Acta Médica del Centro, 2020 Introduction: the treatment of the airway is important in the care that involves the practice of the Specialist in Anesthesiology, the prior identification of the patient with an anatomically difficult airway is a priority.
Yailen Avalos Ávila +3 more
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Evaluation of skin test indications for general anesthetics in real life: a prospective cohort study
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2022 Background: In daily practice, atopic patients and those who have other drug allergies are referred to allergy clinics for evaluation of possible general anesthetic allergy despite the fact that it is not recommended in recent guidelines.
Sengul Beyaz +11 more
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Development of a simple nomogram to estimate risk for intraoperative complications before partial nephrectomy based on the Mayo Adhesive Probability score combined with the RENAL nephrometry score [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2021 Purpose: This study aimed to develop a simple nomogram based on the Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) score combined with the RENAL nephrometry score (RNS) to predict intraoperative complications before partial nephrectomy (PN) in Asian populations ...
Xiaojun Tan +7 more
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Sequential battery of COVID-19 testing to maximize negative predictive value before surgeries
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020 SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus which has proven to be highly contagious. Specific viral dynamics and immune response to the virus are yet to be fully defined and determining the sensitivity and specificity of the available testing methods is still a work in
NEERAJ SINHA, GALIT BALAYLA
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Predictive Models of Gangrenous Cholecystitis in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Treated Patients [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Introduction: Gangrenous cholecystitis is difficult to diagnose clinically. There are no distinctive signs, symptoms or laboratory findings to distinguish it from acute cholecystitis.
Dhaval O Mangukiya +6 more
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Usefulness of BRAF VE1 immunohistochemistry in non–small cell lung cancers: a multi-institutional study by 15 pathologists in Korea [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2022 Background Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an approved test to select patients for BRAF V600E targeted therapy in Korea. However, the high cost, long turnaround times, and the need for sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel limit the use of ...
Sunhee Chang +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023 Purpose: Several bedside clinical tests have been proposed to predict difficult tracheal intubation. Unfortunately, when used alone, these tests show less than ideal prediction performance.
Gustavo P. Bicalho +5 more
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Virology Journal, 2023 Background Our study aimed to compare the predictive performance of different hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prediction models in chronic hepatitis B patients receiving entecavir or tenofovir, including discrimination, calibration, negative predictive ...
Xiaolan Xu +5 more
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Predictive Validity of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised
Asian Nursing Research, 2011 Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the predictive validity of three versions of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R) in Korea.
Ji-Hyang Youn, RN, MSN +1 more
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A 3-Year Study of Predictive Factors for Positive and Negative Appendicectomies
Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2019 Background: Early and accurate identification or exclusion of acute appendicitis is the key to avoid the morbidity of delayed treatment for true appendicitis or unnecessary appendicectomy, respectively. We aim (i) to identify potential predictive factors
Dwayne T. S. Chang +4 more
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