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Routine Brain MRI Findings on the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Diagnostics, 2023
Rationale and Objectives: Post-COVID condition (PCC) is associated with long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in PCC examines the brain metabolism, connectivity, and morphometry. Such techniques are not easily available in
Yuriy Vasilev, Ivan Blokhin, Anna Khoruzhaya, Maria Kodenko, Vasiliy Kolyshenkov, Olga Nanova, Yuliya Shumskaya, Olga Omelyanskaya, Anton Vladzymyrskyy, Roman Reshetnikov   +9 more
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The feasibility of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in drug shops in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: National malaria control programmes and international agencies are keen to scale-up the use of effective rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria.
Turinde Asaph, Anthony K Mbonye, Magnussen Pascal, Asaph Turinde, Clarke Siân, Clare Chandler, Ndyomugyenyi, Richard, Ndyomugyenyi Richard, Magnussen, Pascal, Mbonye, Anthony K, Pascal Magnussen, Clarke, Siân, Turinde, Asaph, Mbonye Anthony K, Chandler Clare, Chandler, Clare, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Siân Clarke   +17 more
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Dispensary level pilot implementation of rapid diagnostic tests: an evaluation of RDT acceptance and usage by providers and patients--Tanzania, 2005. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) may assist in diagnosis, improve prescribing practices and reduce potential drug resistance development.
Terrence O'Reilly, Bloland, Peter B, Abdulla, Salim, Bloland Peter B, Salim Abdulla, Williams Holly, Causer, Louise, Malila Aggrey, Causer Louise, Abdulla Salim, Louise Causer, Metta, Emmy, Peter B Bloland, O'Reilly Terrence, Kachur, S Patrick, Emmy Metta, Kachur S Patrick, O'Reilly, Terrence, Metta Emmy, Malila, Aggrey, Holly Williams, Aggrey Malila, S Patrick Kachur, Williams, Holly Ann   +23 more
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Routine Individual Feedback on Requests for Diagnostic Tests

Medical Decision Making, 1996
The authors assessed the economic consequences of routine individual feedback on test requests provided to 85 family physicians in a region with 187,000 inhabitants. In a retrospective study as part of a quasi-experiment, cost trends in a region where feedback was provided over a seven-year period were compared with cost trends elsewhere in The ...
Winkens, R.A.G., Ament, A., Pop, P., Renier, P., Grol, R.P.T.M., Knottnerus, J.A.   +5 more
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Accuracy of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Community Studies and their Impact on Treatment of Malaria in an Area with Declining Malaria Burden in North-Eastern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Despite some problems related to accuracy and applicability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), they are currently the best option in areas with limited laboratory services for improving case management through parasitological diagnosis and ...
Thor G Theander, Bygbjerg Ib C, Martha M Lemnge, Mmbando Bruno P, Lemnge Martha M, Deus S Ishengoma, Bruno P Mmbando, Francis Filbert, Magistrado, Pamela, Ishengoma Deus S, John PA Lusingu, Ishengoma, Deus S, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Mmbando, Bruno P, Theander, Thor G, Lemnge, Martha M, Pamela Magistrado, Theander Thor G, Alifrangis Michael, Ib C Bygbjerg, Francis, Filbert, Lusingu, John P A, Magistrado Pamela, Lusingu John PA, Michael Alifrangis, Alifrangis, Michael, Filbert Francis, Bygbjerg, Ib C, Lusingu, John Pa   +28 more
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Evaluation of hemoglobin performance in the assessment of iron stores in feto-maternal pairs in a high-risk population: receiver operating characteristic curve analysis

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2015
Objective: By applying receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the objective of this study was to see whether hemoglobin levels reflect body iron stores in a group of pregnant women at term who, by using serum ferritin as the reference test ...
José Carlos Jaime-Pérez, Gisela García-Arellano, Nereida Méndez-Ramírez, Óscar González-Llano, David Gómez-Almaguer   +4 more
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Non-invasive fetal RHD genotyping tests : a systematic review of the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy in published studies [PDF]

, 2009
Articles reporting the diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive prenatal diagnostic (NIPD) tests for RHD genotyping using fetal material extracted from maternal blood have been published steadily for over a decade. Health care providers in Europe have started
Szczepura, Ala, Freeman, K., Osipenko, L., Osipenko, Leeza, Freeman, Karoline, Szczepura, Ala; id_orcid   +5 more
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Screening Performance Characteristic of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pleural Effusion; a Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: The role of ultrasonography in detection of pleural effusion has long been a subject of interest but controversial results have been reported.
Mahmoud Yousefifard, Masoud Baikpour, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Hadi Asady, Kavous Shahsavari Nia, Ali Moghadas Jafari, Mostafa Hosseini, Saeed Safari   +7 more
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The usefulness of rapid diagnostic tests in the new context of low malaria transmission in zanzibar. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND\ud \ud We assessed if histidine-rich-protein-2 (HRP2) based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) remains an efficient tool for Plasmodium falciparum case detection among fever patients in Zanzibar and if primary health care workers continue to adhere ...
Mårtensson, Andreas, Msellem Mwinyi I., Weiping Xu, Kristina Elfving, Omar, Rahila, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Elfving, Kristina, Ali, Abdullah S, Mårtensson Andreas, Aydin-Schmidt Berit, Weiping, Xu, Xu Weiping, Greenhouse Bryan, Aydin-Schmidt, Berit, Morris Ulrika, Baltzell Kimberly A., Abdullah S Ali, Björkman, Anders, Delér Shakely, Bryan Greenhouse, Ulrika Morris, Omar Rahila, Morris, Ulrika, Andreas Mårtensson, Ali Abdullah S., Petzold, Max, Petzold Max, Shakely, Delér, Rahila Omar, Anders Björkman, Greenhouse, Bryan, Max Petzold, Mwinyi I Msellem, Baltzell, Kimberly A, Elfving Kristina, Björkman Anders, Kimberly A Baltzell, Msellem, Mwinyi I, Shakely Delér   +38 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pulmonary Contusion; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Ultrasonography is currently being used as one of the diagnostic modalities in various medical emergencies for screening of trauma patients.
Mostafa Hosseini, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Masoud Baikpour, Abbas Tafakhori, Hadi Asady, Mohammad Javad Haji Ghanbari, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Saeed Safari   +7 more
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