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Effect of screening abdominal ultrasound examination on the decision to pursue advanced diagnostic tests and treatment in dogs with neurologic disease. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundAbdominal ultrasound examinations (AUS) are commonly performed before advanced neurodiagnostics to screen for diseases that might affect diagnostic plans and prognosis.ObjectivesDescribe the type and frequency of abnormalities found by AUS in ...
Blair, WH, Chen, RX, Sturges, BK, Taylor, SL, Tong, NM, Zwingenberger, AL   +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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Cost effectiveness of using Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) as an initial diagnostic investigation for patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms suggestive of malignancy

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background There has been an increase in the numbers of patients presenting to primary care with suspected colorectal malignancy and subsequently an increase in demand for endoscopy.
CC Kearsey, C Graham, HS Lobb, J Chacko, R Weatherburn, PS Rooney   +5 more
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MISSED: an environment for mixed-signal microsystem testing and diagnosis [PDF]

, 1993
A tight link between design and test data is proposed for speeding up test-pattern generation and diagnosis during mixed-signal prototype verification. Test requirements are already incorporated at the behavioral level and specified with increased detail
Docherty, G., Kerkhoff, H.G.
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Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2010
"nRealizing the cause of Cushing's Syndrome (CS) is one of the most challenging processes in clinical endocrinology. The long high dose dexamethasone suppression test (standard test) is costly and need an extended inpatient stay.
Fatemeh Esfahanian, Rozana Kazemi
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Comparison of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Thoracic Bone Fractures; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: The potential benefit of ultrasonography for detection of thoracic bone fractures has been proven in various surveys but no comprehensive conclusion has been drawn yet; therefore, the present study aimed to conduct a thorough meta-analytic
Mahmoud Yousefifard, Masoud Baikpour, Parisa Ghelichkhani, Hadi Asady, Abolfazl Darafarin, Mohammad Reza Amini Esfahani, Mostafa Hosseini, Mehdi Yaseri, Saeed Safari   +8 more
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Evaluation of Four Rapid Antigen Tests for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Oman Medical Journal, 2021
Objectives: Considering the increasing, significant burden that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) imposes on the healthcare system, the need for simple, rapid, and affordable diagnostic tests to support the existing costly and demanding polymerase ...
Sulaiman Al-Alawi, Hala Al-Hinai, Nawal Al-Kindi, Mohammed Al-Rashidi, Hanan Al-Kindi, Intisar Al-Shukri, Azza Al-Rashdi, Sachin Jose, Amina Al-Jardani   +8 more
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Which diagnostic tests are most useful in a chest pain unit protocol? [PDF]

, 2005
Background The chest pain unit (CPU) provides rapid diagnostic assessment for patients with acute, undifferentiated chest pain, using a combination of electrocardiographic (ECG) recording, biochemical markers and provocative cardiac testing.
Angelini, K., Arnold, J., Goodacre, S., Locker, T., Morris, F.   +4 more
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Global burden of human brucellosis : a systematic review of disease frequency [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: This report presents a systematic review of scientific literature published between 1990-2010 relating to the frequency of human brucellosis, commissioned by WHO.
A El Sherbini, A Yacoub, AA Haghdoost, Anna S. Dean, B Bonfoh, B Hernandez, E Jelastopulu, E Schelling, Esther Schelling, F De Massis, F Roth, FK Al-Ani, G Marder, G Pappas, GJ Jennings, Helena Greter, Hélène Carabin, I Avdikou, J Ariza, J Zinsstag, J Zinsstag, JA Al Tawfiq, JA Crump, Jakob Zinsstag, KE Elbeltagy, Lisa Crump, M Minas, MA Al Sekait, MA Idris, MR Hosseini, MR Khorasgani, N Gargouri, O Karabay, QM Abu Shaqra, R Awad, S Vancelik, SA Dahouk, SM Alavi, SR Alballa, TJ Doyle, Z Cetinkaya   +40 more
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A randomised controlled trial to measure the effect of chest pain unit care upon anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life [ISRCTN85078221] [PDF]

, 2004
Background The chest pain unit (CPU) has been developed to provide a rapid and accurate diagnostic assessment for patients attending hospital with acute, undifferentiated chest pain.
Goodacre, S., Nicholl, J.
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