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Physical Examination of the Ankle: A Review of the Original Orthopedic Special Test Description and Scientific Validity of Common Tests for Ankle Examination

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2020
Objectives: To review the literature, identify and describe commonly used special tests for diagnosing injury to the ligaments of the ankle complex, present the distinguishing characteristics and limitations of each test, and discuss the current evidence
Lindsay W. Larkins, DAT, Russell T. Baker, PhD, DAT, Jayme G. Baker, DPT   +2 more
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Defining the true sensitivity of culture for the diagnosis of melioidosis using Bayesian latent class models. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Culture remains the diagnostic gold standard for many bacterial infections, and the method against which other tests are often evaluated.
Lisa J White, Jamsen Kris, Julie A. Simpson, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Sharon J. Peacock, Chantratita, Narisara, Lisa J. White, White, Lisa, Limmathurotsakul Direk, Simpson Julie A., Chantratita, N, Sue J. Lee, Simpson, Julie A, Day, Nicholas PJ, Arayawichanont, A, Peacock, SJ, Wuthiekanun, V, Nicholas P. J. Day, Claudio Verzilli, Arayawichanont Arkhom, Narisara Chantratita, Allen Cheng, Kris Jamsen, Lee, Sue J, Julie A Simpson, Cheng Allen, Peacock, Sharon J, White, LJ, Arkhom Arayawichanont, Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Sharon J Peacock, Lee, Sue, Cheng, Allen, Verzilli, C, Jamsen, Kris, Day Nicholas P. J., Jamsen, K, White Lisa J., Lee Sue J., Day, NP, Day, NPJ, Nicholas P J Day, Arayawichanont, Arkhom, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Peacock, Sharon, Limmathurotsakul, D, Simpson, JA, Lee, SJ, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Simpson, Julie, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Verzilli Claudio, Peacock Sharon J., Verzilli, Claudio, Day, Nicholas, Sue J Lee, Cheng, A, White, Lisa J, Chantratita Narisara   +58 more
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Short Depression Screening Test for Patients with Epilepsy:CES-D with 10 Items [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2008
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, Hadi Teimoori, Amir Shabani, Morteza Naserbakht, Masood Ahmadzad Asl   +4 more
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Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) versus Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression-Inpatient Version (DASA-IV): their sensitivity, specificity and accuracy as a predictor of violence in 24 hours among schizophrenia patients

Medisains, 2020
Background: Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) and Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression-Inpatient Version (DASA-IV) are risk assessment instruments of violence that nurses can use in psychiatric services, but their accuracy of the instruments in ...
Wahyu Yuniati, Kuswantoro Rusca Putra, Dhelya Widasmara   +2 more
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Diagnostic methods to cutaneous leishmaniasis detection in domestic dogs and cats [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
: 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, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi   +2 more
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Low specificity of determine HIV1/2 RDT using whole blood in south west Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of two rapid detection tests (RDTs) for HIV 1/2 in plasma and in whole blood samples. Methods: More than 15,000 study subjects above the age of two years participated in two rounds of a cohort study to ...
Geldmacher Christof, Petra Clowes, Elmar Saathoff, Leonard Maboko, Wolfram Mwalongo, Clowes, Petra, Hoelscher, Michael, Kroidl, Arne L., Geldmacher, Christof, Michael Hoelscher, Arne L Kroidl, Kroidl Arne L., Hoelscher Michael, Harun Machibya, Kroidl, Inge, Machibya Harun, Machibya, Harun, Saathoff, Elmar, Inge Kroidl, Maganga, Lucas, Kroidl Inge, Maganga Lucas, Mwalongo Wolfram, Christof Geldmacher, Maboko Leonard, Mwalongo, Wolfram, Saathoff Elmar, Maboko, Leonard, Lucas Maganga, Clowes Petra   +29 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity [PDF]

Clinical Medicine & Research, 2005
Editor – In the Authors’ Reply to the letter “Sensitivity and Specificity of Tests of Liver Injury”1 in the November 2004 issue of Clinical Medicine & Research, the statement “It is true that no single test of liver injury is either highly sensitive or specific” would be more accurate if it read “It is true that no single test of liver injury is both ...
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Novel Estimation Methods for Sensitivity And AUC in Medical Diagnostic Study [PDF]

, 2022
In the medical diagnostic study, the accuracy of a diagnostic test is commonly evaluated based on its sensitivity and specificity. Both sensitivity and specificity are not fixed but depend on the cutoff chosen for that test.
Hai, Yan
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Diagnostic performance of immunohistochemistry and rapid urease test in detecting , emphasizing bacterial localization and mucosal changes: a retrospective cross-sectional study [PDF]

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
Background Accurate detection of Helicobacter pylori is essential for diagnosing and managing gastritis and related gastrointestinal disorders. This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of the rapid urease test (RUT) and immunohistochemistry (IHC ...
Kongsak Loharamtaweethong, Chalermpak Supakatitham   +1 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick testing for albumin-to-creatinine ratio and albuminuria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Heliyon, 2021
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, Jose Ernesto Fernandez-Chinguel, Gandy Dolores-Maldonado, Naysha Becerra-Chauca, Sergio Goicochea-Lugo, Percy Herrera-Añazco, Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka, Alvaro Taype-Rondan   +7 more
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