diagnostic yield
The use and diagnostic yield of radiology in subjects with longstanding musculoskeletal pain – an eight year follow up
... A main finding in this study was that subjects with chronic regional or widespread pain were more frequently submit- ted to radiological examinations than those with no chronic pain. The diagnostic yield ...
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The diagnostic yield of the first episode of a periodic health evaluation: a descriptive epidemiology study
... Further, it is unclear whether the early diagnosis of many conditions identified in this cohort is cost effective or associated with improved survival and quality of life. It is also important to recognize that the ...
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Original Article Liquid-based cytological test of samples obtained by catheter aspiration is applicable for the bronchoscopic confirmation of pulmonary malignant tumors
... The diagnostic yield of catheter aspiration in endobronchial visible lesions (tumor, infiltrative and necrotic lesions) was ...The diagnostic yield of catheter aspiration in endobronchial ...
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Operational modelling: the mechanisms influencing TB diagnostic yield in an Xpert MTB/RIF based algorithm
... TB yield between the smear/ culture and the Xpert-based ...in yield for smear microscopy could be achieved by chemical treatment, centrifugation and fluorescence microscopy, 23–25 as used in ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy and Yield of Multidetector CT Angiography in the Evaluation of Spontaneous Intraparenchymal Cerebral Hemorrhage
... overall diagnostic accuracy (98%) for the detection of vascular etiol- ogies in patients with ...of diagnostic accuracy for MDCTA in the setting of IPH are similar to those reported in prior studies that ...
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Radiation Dose Reduction in CT Guided Spine Biopsies Does Not Reduce Diagnostic Yield
... In this study, we found a significantly reduced radiation dose as expressed by CTDIvol and DLP in patients undergoing CT- guided spine biopsies using a low-dose protocol compared with a regular-dose protocol. There was ...
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Diagnostic yield of quantitative endotracheal aspirates in patients with severe nursing home acquired pneumonia
... Introduction Diagnostic strategies based on tracheal aspirates in patients with severe nursing home-acquired pneumonia have not previously been ...the diagnostic value of quantitative endotracheal aspirate ...
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions in a region with high tuberculosis burden
... Overall median age of our patients was 61 years old (IQR 48.5-69.5) with older ones recorded in the malignant group. The laterality of the PE did not differ between two groups. On transthoracic ultrasound, MPE was ...
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A prospective study on the diagnostic yield of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for altered bowel habits, lower abdominal pain and rectal bleeding
... Over the last two decades, there is remarkable development in investigations for diseases of the lower GI tract; and colonoscopy has become the most commonly performed procedure for the diagnosis of diseases of the lower ...
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Characterisation of acute respiratory infections at a United Kingdom paediatric teaching hospital: observational study assessing the impact of influenza A (2009 pdmH1N1) on predominant viral pathogens
... co-infection, diagnostic yield of sam- pling methods and presence of co-morbidity in patients with ARI caused by 2009 pdmH1N1 and other respiratory viruses, in a large paediatric teaching hospital in the ...
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Intensified specimen collection to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children from Rural South Africa, an observational study
... increases, diagnostic con- firmation and drug-susceptibility testing becomes more important for appropriate ...the diagnostic yield of multiple specimen types for pediatric TB in a rural, ...
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Diagnostic yield of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients booked for endoscopy at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
... We found a higher diagnostic yield of NTM from colonic biopsies compared to stool and lavage samples, although this was not statistically significant. Mycobacte- rium avium is known to be the most ...
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Implementation of Rapid Molecular Infectious Disease Diagnostics: the Role of Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship
... the diagnostic test, to prevent overutilization of tests by clinicians in low-impact ...on diagnostic test ordering not meeting appropriate use criteria, compared to that of peers, can be used to curb ...
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Etiologies, diagnostic strategies, and outcomes of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates causing acute respiratory failure in cancer patients: a retrospective observational study
... tests and TBLB in combination with BAL and non-inva- sive tests additionally provided etiologic diagnoses in 27 (36%) patients. Etiologies were identified in all six patients with SLB providing a diagnosis exclusively in ...
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Retrospective analysis of the diagnostic yield of newborn drug testing
... Overall, our study demonstrates that maternal history of non-medical drug use and tobacco use in pregnancy were the highest yield risk factors for identifying non-medical drugs in meconium. Inadequate prenatal ...
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Costs and cost effectiveness of malaria reactive case detection using loop mediated isothermal amplification compared to microscopy in the low transmission setting of Aceh Province, Indonesia
... different diagnostic methods used for ...sensitive diagnostic method loop-mediated isothermal amplification ...and yield of implementing RACD with microscopy and/or LAMP were collected prospectively ...
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Diagnostic Yield of Neuroimaging in Ocular Motor Cranial Nerve Palsies
... higher diagnostic yield than studies performed for other ...the diagnostic yield of neuroimaging studies in other specialities, CT and MRI of the brain requested by neuroophthalmologists ...
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Evaluation of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) and the string test for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Bolivia
... Additionally, we examine the value of the string test as a sample obtainment method for TB in sputum scarce or absent patients. In our sputum-scarce group, the string test detected over 80 % of TB cases, and was not ...
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Diagnostic Yield of Laboratory Methods and Value of Viral Genotyping during an Outbreak of Mumps in a Partially Vaccinated Population in British Columbia, Canada
... the yield of laboratory methods for the diagnosis of mumps during an outbreak, considering both vaccination status and the time of specimen collection relative to symptom onset, as well as the value of mumps virus ...
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Choosing algorithms for TB screening: a modelling study to compare yield, predictive value and diagnostic burden
... The cost and cost-effectiveness of an algorithm will be an important consideration, which we do not address in this study. CXR and XP are more costly tests compared to symptom screening and SSM [28]. However, digital CXR ...
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