Early Detection by Screening
Next-generation sequencing in liquid biopsy: cancer screening and early detection
... ctDNA is highly fragmented, ranging from 100 to 10, 000 bp. It is challenging to isolate ctDNA from the blood for quantitation since the small fragments are easy to lose or degrade [88]. Although the concentration of ...
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Multicenter study of the COPD-6 screening device: feasible for early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care?
... Methods: In primary care, individuals at high risk of COPD (ie, age $35 years, relevant exposure, and at least one respiratory symptom) and no previous diagnosis of obstructive lung disease were examined with a COPD-6 ...
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Use of Pulse Oximetry Screening in Early Detection of Congenital Heart Disease
... Among all congenital malformations, congenital heart disease is a relatively common problem with an incidence of 5-8 in every 1000 live births 1-9 . Of this 25% will have critical congenital heart disease. 9-12 ...
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Early Detection of Pompe Disease by Newborn Screening Is Feasible: Results From the Taiwan Screening Program
... A diagnosis of Pompe disease was made at 19, 22, and 9 days for NBS2, NBS3, and NBS4, respectively. There were no obvious clinical symptoms, but abnormal signs included cardiomegaly, ventricular hypertrophy, an el- ...
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Original Article Evaluation of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, red cell distribution width and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as potential biomarkers in the early detection of gastric cancer
... endoscopic screening is recom- mended in regions with a high rate of gastric cancer [10, ...serology, screening of serum Pepsinogen I, Pepsinogen II and gastrin have not been adequately evaluat- ed [12, ...
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Early screening tool for autism spectrum disorder for visual impairments
... of screening young children for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) received increased attention following publication of a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2007 (Dough, ...adopting ...
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Advantages, limitations, and diagnostic accuracy of photoscreeners in early detection of Amblyopia: a review
... Amblyopia detection is important to ensure proper visual development and avoid permanent decrease of visual ...age, early diagnosis is of paramount relevance. Traditional vision screening (con- ...
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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting as an acute psychotic episode misdiagnosed as dissociative disorder: a case report
... As early recognition of these epi- sodes and initiation of appropriate therapy was shown to be an important prognostic factor, the authors recom- mended that, in patients with new-onset psychosis, his- tory of ...
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Screening for risky behaviour and mental health in young people: the YouthCHAT programme
... Targeted screening for risky behaviours and mental health concerns among youth in primary care settings can lead to early detection and intervention for emerging or current mental health and ...
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Progress towards early detection services for infants with hearing loss in developing countries
... hearing screening is a feasible and viable early hearing detection strategy in developing ...hearing screening may be daunting but not ...hearing screening has been mandated in many ...
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TOWARDS BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMS AMONG IRANIAN RURAL FEMALE POPULATIONS IN NORTH OF IRAN
... Table 3 shows the percentages of participants endorsed each breast cancer and preventative program item, especially BSE attitude. Only 19.2% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that BSE was a ...
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Dipstick urine analysis for detection of renal abnormalities among school children
... Early detection and prevention are important in clinical practice to help overcome the burden of the financial resources required for dialysis and transplant in kidney disease ...urinary screening ...
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Screening for neonatal deafness in resource-poor countries: challenges and solutions
... hearing screening (NHS) is offered routinely in high-income countries as an essential and mandatory intervention for the early detection of infants with per- manent congenital or early-onset ...
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Vol 21, No 4 (2017)
... Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) is an investment by society to ensure that underinsured, low-income women have unfettered access to breast and cervical cancer screening in all US States and ...
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Early detection and early intervention in prison : improving outcomes and reducing prison returns
... the screening pool as a whole in order to further understand any complexities of our particular ...and screening pool are significantly different in terms ethnicity indicating an over-representation of ...
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Can pulse oxymetry be used as a routine screening tool in early diagnosis of critical congenital heart diseases in newborns?
... useful screening tool for an early detection of congenital heart diseases especially cyanotic heart diseases which otherwise misses the attention of the ...further screening with pulse ...
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Visual-spatial perception: a comparison between instruments frequently used in the primary care setting and a computerized cognitive assessment battery
... existing screening tools for the early detection of cognitive impairment) is of value for the determination of cognitive impairment, as compared to the visual-spatial component of a more ...
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Cancer screening in Australia: future directions in melanoma, Lynch syndrome, and liver, lung and prostate cancers
... national screening programs for breast, bowel and cervical cancers, research continues into the feasibility of developing systematic screening programs for a number of other ...for screening and ...
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Prevention of chronic kidney disease through early detection
... and early detection of kidney disease, and its risk factors namely diabetes mellitus and ...an early stage and address them adequately in order to prevent ...and early detection through ...
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Improving early detection of breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: why mammography may not be the way forward
... other early detection approaches for breast cancer in SSA and suggest ways to improve early detection and work towards reducing breast cancer mor- tality in this ...with early ...
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