High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and copeptin assays to improve diagnostic accuracy of exercise stress test in patients with suspected coronary artery disease [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The average diagnostic sensitivity of exercise stress tests (ESTs) is lower than that of other non-invasive cardiac stress tests. The aim of the study was to examine whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) or copeptin ...
Dörr, Oliver +9 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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Field evaluation of two point-of-care tests for syphilis among men who have sex with men, Verona, Italy [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: The incidence of HIV and syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Europe has recently increased. Rapid point-of-care tests (POCTs) for syphilis can improve access to screening.
Ballard, Ronald +10 more
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Predictive value of serologic tests. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1983 An analysis of serologic tests for treponemal disease performed in Australian aboriginal communities is used to illustrate factors influencing the predictive value positive of serologic tests. Simple extrapolation of predictive value estimates, from prevalence, sensitivity, and specificity data, is complicated by variation of specificity between ...
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The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum, 2020 Background: The current bedside predictors of the difficult airway are not perfect. A new test, the acromio-axillo-suprasternal notch index (AASI), has been found to be superior to conventional predictors.
Rupesh Sunkam +4 more
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Evaluation of the 50th percentile Moyers analysis in patients with permanent dentition
Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2021 Background: the 50th percentile values from the Moyers table, used in Cuba, does not always correspond to the mesiodistal diameter of erupted canines and premolars, for which it is necessary to adjust the probability levels to the studied population ...
Maribel Lorenzo-Gutierrez +4 more
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Additive predictive value of preoperative thyroid ultrasound parameters for postoperative hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy: a single-center retrospective study [PDF]
UltrasonographyPurpose This study was performed to examine the association between preoperative thyroid ultrasound (US) features and the risk of developing hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy.
Yeseul Kang +6 more
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Machine Learning in Falls Prediction; A cognition-based predictor of falls for the acute neurological in-patient population [PDF]
, 2016 Background Information: Falls are associated with high direct and indirect costs, and significant morbidity and mortality for patients. Pathological falls are usually a result of a compromised motor system, and/or cognition. Very little research has been
Bussas, Matthias +6 more
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Prediction of awakening from hypothermic post anoxic coma based on auditory discrimination. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: Most of the available clinical tests for prognosis of post-anoxic coma are informative of poor outcome. Previous work has shown that an improvement in auditory discrimination over the first days of coma is predictive of awakening.
De Lucia, M. +7 more
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Drug Challenge Tests With General Anesthetics: Predictive Value of Skin Tests [PDF]
Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 2020 The study of perioperative drug reactions remains a major challenge for both diagnosis and therapy. The lack of a standard assessment of allergy to general anesthetics and of data establishing the true value of skin tests for most drugs used in induction and maintenance of anesthesia, as well as the lack of commercially available reagents for in vitro ...
Tornero Molina, P. +6 more
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