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Exploring health providers' and community perceptions and experiences with malaria tests in South-East Nigeria: a critical step towards appropriate treatment. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The adoption of ACT as the first line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Nigeria has concentrated attention on the role of testing in appropriate malaria treatment.
Ezeoke Ogochukwu P, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Mangham-Jefferies, LJ, Ezeoke, Ogochukwu P, Virginia Wiseman, Uzochukwu Benjamin S, Ezumah Nkoli N, Wiseman Virginia, Onwujekwe Obinna E, Onwujekwe, Obinna E, Ogochukwu P Ezeoke, Onwujekwe, OE, Uzochukwu, Benjamin S, Chandler, CC, Benjamin S Uzochukwu, Ezumah, Nkoli N, Chandler Clare CI, Nkoli N Ezumah, Lindsay J Mangham-Jefferies, Ezeoke, OP, Ezumah, NN, Mangham-Jefferies, Lindsay J, Uzochukwu, BS, Wiseman, Virginia, Wiseman, V ; https://orcid.org/, Clare CI Chandler, Chandler, Clare Ci, Mangham-Jefferies Lindsay J   +27 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Optic Nerve Ultrasonography and Ophthalmoscopy in Prediction of Elevated Intracranial Pressure

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major and potentially lethal disorder in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). Several methods are being used to investigate for elevated ICP.
Keihan Golshani, Mehdi Ebrahim zadeh, Ziba Farajzadegan, Fariborz Khorvash   +3 more
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Investigating rapid diagnostic testing in Kenya’s health system, 2018–2020: validating non-reporting in routine data using a health facility service assessment survey

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Understanding the availability of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) is essential for attaining universal health care and reducing health inequalities.
Angela K Moturi, Bibian N Robert, Felix Bahati, Peter M Macharia, Emelda A Okiro   +4 more
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Evaluation of Two Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests Quality Assurance (mRDT’s QA) Methods in Peripheral Health Facilities, Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
\ud WHO recommends confirming suspected malaria cases before initiation of treatment. Due to the imited availability of quality microscopy services, this recommendation has been followed with increased use of antigen-detecting malaria rapid diagnostic ...
Masanja, Irene, Sumari, Debora, McMorrow, Meredith, Lucchi, Naomi, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam, Kachur, Patrick, Maganga, Musa   +6 more
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Proving Bone Marrow Plasma Cell Clonality by Flow Cytometry: An Important Tool in the Diagnosis of Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis

Biomedicines
Background/Objectives: Light-chain amyloidosis (AL Amyloidosis) is a rare systemic plasma cell disorder in which misfolded light chains form amyloid fibrils that damage vital organs. Diagnosis is often delayed because of variable presentation and overlap
Sorina Nicoleta Badelita, Horia Mihail Sandu, Daniel Coriu, Andreea Jercan, Sinziana Barbu, Larisa Zidaru, Mihai Emanuel Himcinschi, Camelia Dobrea, Monica Popescu, Delia Codruta Popa   +9 more
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Ensemble learning model for diagnosing COVID-19 from routine blood tests

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020
Background and objectives: The pandemic of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has severely impacted human society with a massive death toll worldwide.
Maryam AlJame, Imtiaz Ahmad, Ayyub Imtiaz, Ameer Mohammed   +3 more
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Clinical comparison of three SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification tests for routine diagnostic testing

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Cycle threshold (Ct) values from SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification tests have been used to estimate viral load for treatment decisions.
Tetiana Garmatiuk, Christine Gränitz-Trisko, Charlotte Sochor-Geischläger, Theresa Polsterer, Francesca Caselotto, Lukas Willitsch, Birgit Reinhardt, Wolfgang Huf   +7 more
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THE DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL OF SOME ROUTINE LABORATORY TESTS

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1993
SUMMARY The potential was tested of white blood cell count (WBC), haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF) to differentiate between patients with acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI), perforation of colon, perforation of peptic ulcer, and intestinal obstruction.
E Bjørnestad, RT Lie, CW Janssen
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Novel electrodiagnostic provocative techniques for the diagnosis of suspected tarsal tunnel syndrome

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Electrodiagnostic tests  (EDXTs) have been considered the gold standard method for the diagnosis of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS); however, definitive tests has not yet been discovered.
Mona M. Hasab ElNaby, Amr Farouk Abdel Rahman, Rehab Ali Ibrahim   +2 more
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Reducing Malaria Misdiagnosis: The Importance of Correctly Interpreting Paracheck Pf® "Faint Test Bands" in a Low Transmission Area of Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Although malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have been extensively evaluated since their introduction in the early 1990's, sensitivity and specificity vary widely limiting successful integration into clinical practice.
Hatfield, Jennifer M ., Jeremy C Ho, Allen Lisa K, Ho, Jeremy C., Hatfield, Jennifer M, Manyama, Mange, Manyama Mange, Giselle DeVetten, Allen, Lisa K, Lisa K Allen, Mange Manyama, DeVetten, Giselle, Allen, Lisa K., Ho Jeremy C, Ho, Jeremy C, Jennifer M Hatfield, Hatfield Jennifer M, DeVetten Giselle   +17 more
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