Point-of-care diagnostics
Point of care diagnostics for tuberculosis
... improved point of care (POC) diagnostic tests that are meant to be delivered at the most decentralised levels of care where the patients make the initial contact with the health system, as well as ...
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Operational assessment of point of care diagnostics in rural primary healthcare clinics of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: a cross sectional survey
... or cities/towns, we obtained the health facility geo- graphic information system (GIS) coordinates from the KZN Department of Health database. The sampled PHC clinic GIS coordinates were uploaded and analysed using ...
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Optimization of Tetrapolar Impedance Electrodes in Microfluidic Devices for Point of Care Diagnostics using Finite Element Modeling
... of care (POC) diagnosis, the medical analysis carried out in-situ, close to the patient often at the time of consultation, is especially important in urgent care when timely decisions can improve clinical ...
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Variability of Gingival Crevicular Fluid Matrix Metalloproteinase -8 Levels in Respect to Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Periodontal Diseases
... Oral fluid MMP-8 tests, employing the antibody originally described by Hanemaaijer et al. (1997), and later by Mäntylä et al. (2003), Leppilahti et al. (2011), Nwhator et al. (2014), and Heikkinen et al. (2015), have ...
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Low-Field, Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy as a Potential Tool for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Metabolic Conditions: Validation, Protocols and Computational Models
... Abstract: Novel sensing technologies for liquid biopsies offer a promising prospect for the early detection of metabolic conditions through -omics techniques. Indeed, high-field NMR facilities are routinely used for ...
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Using a geographic information system to enhance patient access to point-of-care diagnostics in a limited-resource setting
... The complexities of health networks are not explained by the sum of their parts and often are defined by the nat- ural connectivity that arises from their element interac- tions [8]. Health networks are thought of as ...
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Evidence on point-of-care diagnostics for assessment of nutritional biochemical markers as an integral part of maternal services in low- and middle-income countries: systematic scoping review protocol
... natal care, hence contributing to maternal deaths in the country ...nutritional diagnostics comes at a high cost and requires sample transportation and power sup- ply ...
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<p>Perspectives On Blood-Based Point-Of-Care Diagnostics</p>
... Differences In Blood Collection Techniques For POC Blood for POC diagnostics may be collected using medical equipment which is most comfortable and convenient for both the clinician and patient. One such example ...
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The Top 200 Point-Of-Care Diagnostics Companies Worldwide
... There are many in vitro diagnostics companies. This report profiles those with a focus on point-of-care. The companies profiled in this report are located across the globe from North and South ...
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Improving the Speed and Performance of Point-of-Care Diagnostics with Microfluidics
... Emergence of antibiotic resistance is an impending threat to global health. It is projected to cause 10 million deaths and more than $1 trillion (USD) in total economic impact by 2050 if left unchecked (1, 2). In order ...
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Point of care ultrasonography in the pediatric emergency department
... gency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) de- rived a clinical prediction rule for children with blunt torso and abdomen trauma to identify those at a high risk and at a low and for intra-abdominal injury ...
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Point-of-care ultrasonography in Brazilian intensive care units: a national survey
... Multivariate analysis through Poisson linear models with robust estimation were constructed to identify vari- ables that are independently associated with an impor- tant quality-of-care marker: US-guided internal ...
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Exploring point-of-care transformation in diabetic care: A quality improvement approach
... Figure 2 shows the algorithm designed for optimum use of the stat HbA1c lab in the clinic. Alignment of everyday schedules mandated for all physicians and nurses such that each patient’s last HbA1c was visible on the ...
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An Implementation of a Point of Care Information System for Nurses
... health care providers find it time consuming and repetitive to perform data entry via ...health care provider an easy to use interface for patient data ...3) Care Management which reminds nurses when ...
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A PDA based Point of Care E-Health Solution for Ambulatory Care
... ambulatory care staff at work, the processes of their interaction with the system and the processes occurring in the whole socio-technical system (Mancini et al, ...patient care plans, and access to ...
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The role of point of care ultrasound in prehospital critical care: a systematic review
... to patients admitted to local hospital and secondarily transferred, although this type of studies carries inherent risks of bias. Another way of overcoming this could be to perform cluster-randomized studies in emergency ...
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Novel Technologies for Neonatal Care: The Case of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasonography
... Collaboration between critical-care providers and pediatric cardiology and radiology is essential. With this acknowledgment comes the important concept of trust that clinicians will be aware of their own ...
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Point-of-care test for cervical cancer in LMICs
... a point-of-care technology) provided sensitive (93%) and specific (88%) identification of CIN2/CIN3+ and may serve as a critical biomarker for cervical-cancer ...
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Evaluating Critical Care Point of Care Testing (POCT) devices and tests in Nigeria
... Critical care is still in its infancy in many low-income countries such as Nigeria ...Intensive care units’ mortality rates have been described as ...critical care situations and clinicians rely on ...
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Perceptions of point-of-care infectious disease testing among European medical personnel, point-of-care test kit manufacturers, and the general public
... Methods and results: The TEMPOtest-QC survey was online between February 2011 and July 2012 and targeted the medical community, POC test diagnostic manufacturers, general practitioners, and the general public. In total, ...
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