Case finding
Universal Thyroid Screening in Pregnancy Versus Targetted Case Finding
... There is no consensus regarding the risk factors that had to be included in a case finding approach. While American Thyroid Association and European societies guidelines considered age≥ 30 years as one of ...
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Periodic active case finding for TB: when to look?
... Other features of the natural history of TB were considered too uncertain to incorporate. Changes in infectiousness through time, and the extent to which infectiousness is prodromal, are important in determining the ...
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A Public Private Mix Intervention To Enhance Tuberculosis Case Finding In Resource Constrained Industrial Settings
... Improved case management, enhancing active and passive case finding in hard- to- reach areas, directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) strategy and good cooperation between services help to ...
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The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal
... passive case finding (PCF), increased TB case detection from 703 per 100 000 population in the control districts to 1788 per 100 000 population in the intervention ...
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Laboratory methods for case finding in human psittacosis outbreaks: a systematic review
... The current existing test methods for C. psittaci can be di- vided into culture, PCR and various serological methods, namely CFT, ELISA/EIA, IF and IPA tests. In all out- breaks, serologic methods were used. However, ...
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Case finding of Influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Belgium in the early pandemic
... Following the detection of a new Influenza virus in April 2009, Belgium carried out the Influ- enza Preparedness Plan in order to limit the possible health impact of such a threat. Measures associated with a delaying ...
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CHILD ABUSE: EARLY CASE FINDING IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
... CHILD ABUSE: EARLY CASE FINDING IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/42/1/128[r] ...
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The cost effectiveness of incentive based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
... The strength of this analysis is that it draws on actual cost and probability data collected as part of the study. However, there are limitations; firstly, the out of pocket expenditure costs is probably an underestimate ...
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Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research
... Results: Study participants (TB patients and community members) reported difficulty identifying TB symptoms and seeking care in a timely fashion. In turn, all stakeholder groups felt that more proactive case ...
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High utility of active tuberculosis case finding in an Ethiopian prison
... 1 Title High Utility of Active Tuberculosis Case finding in an Ethiopian Prison 1 2 Authors Yared Merid 1,2,3 , Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel 2 , Markos Abebe 1 , Daniel G Datiko 4 , 3 Tsegaye Hailu 1 ,[.] ...
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Tuberculosis case finding in first-degree relative contacts not living with index tuberculosis cases in Kampala, Uganda
... index case, there is a strong possibility of underreporting of TB ...a case-finding strategy and not as a means to compare IHH with FDR ...index case, both in understanding TB symptoms and ...
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How to optimize tuberculosis case finding: explorations for Indonesia with a health system model
... on case finding strategies are available, mainly in the setting of developed countries ...based case finding or interven- tions to refer TB suspects from private providers to DOTS ...active ...
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Case Finding for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Penang
... Case Finding for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Penang ORIGINAL ARTICLE Case Finding for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Penang L N Hooi, MRCP Chest Clinic, Penang Hospital, Jalan Residensi, 70450 Penang ~p~mt;l[.] ...
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Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination Programme in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal: Reshaping the Case Finding/Case Management Strategy
... new case, index case–triggered screening) and about their operational costs (cost per case detected) compared to improved ...Active case finding could help not only to shorten treatment ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of technologies for glaucoma case-finding in a community setting
... Permanent repository link: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/12788/ Link to published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.08.019 Copyright and reuse: City Research Online aims to[r] ...
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Case-finding for alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in Kazakh patients with COPD
... Epidemiological studies have shown that the highest prevalence of PI*ZZ related AATD is among Northern Europeans and populations with a Northern European background (8). Nevertheless, during the last few years, based on ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of technologies for glaucoma case-finding in a community setting
... Published in Ophthalmology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26411836 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 T[r] ...
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A study of the role of advanced technologies in glaucoma case-finding
... Interestingly, no statistically significant difference was observed between the proportions of respondents in 2013 reporting financial issues as a barrier to the uptake of equipment in England and Scotland, which was ...
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Detection of COPD in a high-risk population: should the diagnostic work-up include bronchodilator reversibility testing?
... In conclusion, a substantial proportion of subjects with pre-BD airway obstruction did not have COPD according to GOLD spirometric criteria based on their post-BD FEV 1 / FVC ratio. Underdiagnosis of COPD may be a ...
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Assessment of the Core Functions of Hepatitis B Surveillance System in the Southeastern Iran: a Qualitative Study
... clear case finding process was not considered for all the HIV infected cases, and the status of a number of people with HIV infection in relation to hepatitis B infection was ...active case ...
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