Short Depression Screening Test for Patients with Epilepsy:CES-D with 10 Items [PDF]
Objective: Depression is the most common co-morbid psychiatric disorder in patients with epilepsy. Yet it remains under recognized and under-treated. For depression screening in this patient need to a convenient questionnaire for patients with epilepsy ...
Mehri Gholami +4 more
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Diagnostic methods to cutaneous leishmaniasis detection in domestic dogs and cats [PDF]
: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by different species of Leishmania. In domestic animals such as dogs and cats, the diagnostic consists of clinical, epidemiological and serological tests, which changes among countries all around the world.
Daliah Alves Coelho Trevisan +2 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for deep vein thrombosis [PDF]
Background Ultrasound (US) has largely replaced contrast venography as the definitive diagnostic test for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We aimed to derive a definitive estimate of the diagnostic accuracy of US for clinically suspected DVT and identify ...
A Cogo +133 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of TB-LAMP for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:The need for a rapid, molecular test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) has prompted exploration of TB-LAMP (Eiken; Tokyo, Japan) for use in resource-limited settings.
Cattamanchi, Adithya +4 more
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Optimal group testing designs for estimating prevalence with uncertain testing errors [PDF]
We construct optimal designs for group testing experiments where the goal is to estimate the prevalence of a trait by using a test with uncertain sensitivity and specificity.
Huang, Mong-Na Lo +3 more
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Background: The accuracy of urine dipsticks to detect increased albuminuria is uncertain. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of urine dipsticks for detecting albuminuria.
Jhonatan R. Mejia +7 more
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Evaluación Bidimensional y Tridimensional de la Vía Aérea Superior [PDF]
Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.The aim of this study was to validate and correlate the two-dimensional (2D) with the three-dimensional (3D) measures of the upper airway assessment.
Araya-Díaz, P. +2 more
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What are sensitivity and specificity?
Whenever we create a test to screen for a disease, to detect an abnormality or to measure a physiological parameter such as blood pressure (BP), we must determine how valid that test is—does it measure what it sets out to measure accurately?
A. Swift, R. Heale, Alison Twycross
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Evaluation of delirium screening tools in geriatric medical inpatients: a diagnostic test accuracy study [PDF]
Introduction: screening all unscheduled older adults for delirium is recommended in national guidelines, but there is no consensus on how to perform initial assessment.
Burns, Jennifer +7 more
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Bayesian estimation of diagnostic accuracy of fecal culture and PCR-based tests for the detection of Salmonella enterica in California cull dairy cattle. [PDF]
Epidemiological studies of low prevalence disease problems are often hindered by the high cost of diagnostic testing. The objective of this study was to evaluate PCR screening of both individual and pooled fecal samples from culled dairy cows for the ...
Adaska, John M +8 more
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