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Current Cut Points of Three Falls Risk Assessment Tools Are Inferior to Calculated Cut Points in Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units

Muscles, 2023
Background: Falls risk assessment tools are used in hospital inpatient settings to identify patients at increased risk of falls to guide and target interventions for fall prevention.
Vivian Lee, Linda Appiah-Kubi, Sara Vogrin, Jesse Zanker, Joanna Mitropoulos   +4 more
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Youden index and Associated Cut-points for Three Ordinal Diagnostic Groups. [PDF]

Commun Stat Simul Comput, 2013
Luo J, Xiong C.
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Which is More Accurate in Measuring the Blood Pressure? A Digital or an Aneroid Sphygmomanometer [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Hypertension is one of the major public health problem affecting the whole world so its accurate measurement is of utmost importance for its early diagnosis and management.
Bhaskar Shahbabu, Aparajita Dasgupta, Kaushik Sarkar, Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo   +3 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Biomarkers for Early-Onset Neonatal Bacterial Infections: Evaluation of Serum Procalcitonin Reference Curves

Diagnostics, 2020
To date, no clinical studies have compared the accuracy of serum procalcitonin (PCT) reference curves. We aimed to validate the diagnostic accuracy of previously reported serum PCT reference curves and to determine which biomarkers among a cut-off value ...
Hidetoshi Go, Nobuhiko Nagano, Daichi Katayama, Takuya Akimoto, Takayuki Imaizumi, Ryoji Aoki, Midori Hijikata, Ayako Seimiya, Ryota Kato, Aya Okahashi, Ichiro Morioka   +10 more
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Extraction of mineralized indicator minerals using ensemble learning model optimized by SSA based on hyperspectral image

Open Geosciences, 2022
Mineralized indicator minerals are an important geological and mineral exploration indicator. Rapid extraction of mineralized indicator minerals from hyperspectral remote sensing images using ensemble learning model has important geological significance ...
Lin Nan, Liu Hanlin, Li Genjun, Wu Menghong, Li Delin, Jiang Ranzhe, Yang Xuesong   +6 more
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Development of WEFIT Screening Tool for Assessing Pre-exercise Fitness Level for Older Adults in Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Health Research, 2022
Background: Pre-exercise screening is important to identify the fitness level of older adults prior to performing exercise. This study aimed to develop a screening tool for identifying older adults with poor physical fitness prior to exercising. Method:
Divya Vanoh, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Suzana Shahar, Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah, Zahara Abdul Manaf, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit   +5 more
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Factors Associated with the Outcomes of Preimplantation Genetic Testing in Assisted Reproduction [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
Background Embryo anomaly is the most common cause of implantation failure and abortion in women of reproductive age. However, there is controversy about the cause of implantation failure or miscarriage that occurs after the transfer of a normal embryo ...
WANG Boya, HE Yingming, XUE Yinshuang, XIANG Huifen
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Corneal biomechanics in normal and subclinical keratoconus eyes

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background The diagnosis of keratoconus, as the most prevalent corneal ectatic disorder, at the subclinical stage gained great attention due to the increased acceptance of refractive surgeries.
Alireza Peyman, Fatemeh Sepahvand, Mohsen Pourazizi, Pegah Noorshargh, Ali Forouhari   +4 more
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Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2015
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the Work Ability Index (WAI) as a tool to screen for risk of different durations of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) among manual and office workers.
Lianne S Schouten, Catelijne I Joling, Joost WJ van der Gulden, Martijn W Heymans, Ute Bültmann, Corné AM Roelen   +5 more
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Accuracy of new Corvis ST parameters for detecting subclinical and clinical keratoconus eyes in a Chinese population

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study aimed to compare the values of new corneal visualization Scheimpflug technology (Corvis ST) parameters in normal, subclinical keratoconus (SKC) and keratoconus (KC) eyes, and evaluate the diagnostic ability to distinguish SKC and KC eyes from ...
Shengwei Ren, Liyan Xu, Qi Fan, Yuwei Gu, Kaili Yang   +4 more
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