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Value of Routine Dengue Diagnostic Tests in Urine and Saliva Specimens. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:Dengue laboratory diagnosis is essentially based on detection of the virus, its components or antibodies directed against the virus in blood samples.
Anne-Claire Andries, Veasna Duong, Sowath Ly, Julien Cappelle, Kim Srorn Kim, Patrich Lorn Try, Sopheaktra Ros, Sivuth Ong, Rekol Huy, Paul Horwood, Marie Flamand, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Arnaud Tarantola, Philippe Buchy   +13 more
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Diagnostic Value of Routine Liver Tests [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry, 1975
Abstract In 131 patients on a medical service and 97 patients on a surgical service, in whom a diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease was verified in the hospital, the diagnostic value of routine liver tests performed soon after admission was evaluated by stepwise discriminant analysis.
Per Winkel, K. Ramsöe, Jørgen Lyngbye, Niels Tygstrup   +3 more
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meta4diag: Bayesian Bivariate Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Studies for Routine Practice [PDF]

Journal of Statistical Software, 2015
This paper introduces the \proglang{R} package \pkg{meta4diag} for implementing Bayesian bivariate meta-analyses of diagnostic test studies. Our package \pkg{meta4diag} is a purpose-built front end of the \proglang{R} package \pkg{INLA}. While \pkg{INLA} offers full Bayesian inference for the large set of latent Gaussian models using integrated nested ...
Jingyi Guo, Andrea Riebler
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To Test or Not to Test: Routine Thrombophilia Diagnostic Screening of Women with Reproductive Failures [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023
Background: Recurrent reproductive failure is a global health issue affecting a significant number of women. Thrombophilias have been implicated as a possible cause. Inherited thrombophilias include a single nucleotide variant on factor V Leiden and prothrombin.
Urszula Wysocka, Kinga Sałacińska, Iwona Pinkier, Łukasz Kępczyński, Wojciech Ałaszewski, Lech Dudarewicz, Agnieszka Gach   +6 more
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Routine blood tests as a potential diagnostic tool for COVID-19 [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), 2020
Abstract Objectives The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to date, the epidemic has gradually spread to 209 countries worldwide with more than 1.5 million infected people and 100,000 deaths.
Davide Ferrari, Andréa Motta, Marta Strollo, Giuseppe Banfi, Massimo Locatelli   +4 more
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Comparative Analysis of Routine Laboratory Diagnostic Tests for Rabies [PDF]

Indian Journal of Virology, 2011
Present study was undertaken to compare various routine laboratory diagnostic tests for rabies detection. Seller's staining, mouse inoculation test (MIT), Dot-ELISA, Agar gel precipitation test (AGPT) and counter immunoelectrophoresis test (CIET) were the main basic tests performed in the laboratory for the rabies diagnosis. Out of 200 brain specimens,
KADAM, S, SHERIKAR, A, PINGALE, V
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ascites Fluid Gross Appearance in Detection of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Emergency, 2014
Introduction: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) as a monomicrobial infection of ascites fluid is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in cirrhotic patients. This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ascites
Hamed Aminiahidashti, Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad, Hosein Montazer, Farzad Bozorgi, Iraj Goli khatir, Fateme Jahanian, Behnaz Raee   +6 more
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"Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The debate on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has begun to shift from whether RDTs should be used, to how and under what circumstances their use can be optimized.
AL Greer, C Asiimwe, C Chandler, C Chandler, C Drakeley, Christopher JM Whitty, CIR Chandler, Clare IR Chandler, D Kyabayinze, D Maslove, D Mukanga, D Mukanga, DH Hamer, E Hsu, EK Ansah, Evelyn K Ansah, F Baiden, H Reyburn, H Williams, I Masanja, IA Agyepong, J Chinkhumba, J Kizito, J Skarbinski, Joanna Reynolds, KA Elmardi, M-J DelVecchio Good, MI Masanja, MJ Barger-Lux, N Howteerakul, O Sabot, RS Wijesinghe, S Moon, S Timmermans, Samson Akanpigbiam, U Ssekabira, V D’Acremont, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Y Lubell, Z Bisoffi   +40 more
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Effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests on patient management in an emergency department [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Objective We evaluated the effect of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) on patient management in an emergency department for 3 years after 2009, and also identified factors associated with the choice of treatment for patients with influenza-like ...
Jong-Hak Park, Hanjin Cho, Sungwoo Moon, Ju-Hyun Song, Ju Young Kim, Yu-Sang Ahn   +5 more
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Expanding Access to Malaria Diagnosis through Retail Shops in Western Kenya: What Do Shop Workers Think? [PDF]

, 2013
Background. The common symptoms of malaria reduce the specificity of clinical diagnosis. Presumptive treatment is conventional but can lead to overdiagnosis of malaria, delay of appropriate treatment, overprescription of antimalarials, and drug ...
Goodman, Catherine, Koech, Beatrice, Naanyu, Violet, O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Obala, Andrew, Rusk, Andria   +5 more
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