Serena, Thomas E
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Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of an emerging world-wide crisis of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. In response, government and professional organizations recommended that health care systems adopt antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). In the United States, the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) mandated antimicrobial ...
Pattison, Andrew Jeagal, Luke Yasufuku, Kazuhiro Pierre, Andrew Donahoe, Laura Yeung, Jonathan Darling, Gail Cypel, Marcelo De Perrot, Marc Waddell, Tom
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Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background Timely access to treatment of lung cancer is dependent on efficient and appropriate patient assessment and early referral for diagnostic workup. This study assesses the impact of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Lung Cancer Diagnostic Pathway Guideline (LCDPG) concordance on access to treatment of stage IV lung cancer patients referred to the D...
Özçürümez, Mustafa K Ambrosch, Andreas Frey, Oliver Haselmann, Verena Holdenrieder, Stefan Kiehntopf, Michael Neumaier, Michael Walter, Michael Wenzel, Folker Wölfel, Roman
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The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and development of coronavirus disease 2019 presents a major health care challenge of global dimensions. Laboratory diagnostics of infected patients, and the assessment of immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, presents a major cornerstone in handling the pandemic....
Christensen, Helle Marie Huniche, Lotte
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SAGE open medicine
Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, with high mortality rate and a significant burden of symptoms. It is therefore important to assess patients' perceived quality of life during the diagnostic process and treatment. Knowledge of and attention to patients' perspectives, experiences, and expectations in relation to lung cancer diag...
van Erp, NF Helsper, CW Slottje, P Brandenbarg, D Büchner, FL van Asselt, KM Muris, JWM Kortekaas, MF Peeters, PHM de Wit, NJ
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United European Gastroenterology Journal
Background An efficient diagnostic pathway and early stage diagnosis for cancer patients is widely pursued. This study aims to chart the duration of the diagnostic pathway for patients with symptomatic oesophageal and gastric cancer, to identify factors associated with long duration and to assess the association of duration with tumour stage at dia...
Norris, Joseph M. Kasivisvanathan, Veeru Allen, Clare Ball, Rhys Freeman, Alex Ghei, Maneesh Kirkham, Alex Whitaker, Hayley C. Kelly, Daniel Emberton, Mark
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Methods and Protocols
BACKGROUND: The introduction of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has improved the diagnosis of suspected prostate cancer, accurately risk-stratifying men before a biopsy. However, pre-biopsy mpMRI represents a significant deviation from the traditional approach of prostate specific antigen testing with subsequent systematic transr...
Soomers, Vicky Husson, Olga Young, Robin Desar, Ingrid Van der Graaf, Winette
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ESMO Open
Sarcomas are rare and heterogeneous mesenchymal tumours of soft tissue or bone, making them prone to late diagnosis. In other malignancies, early diagnosis has an impact on stage of disease, complexity of therapeutic procedures, survival and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Little is known about what length of diagnostic interval should be c...
Dragojlovic, Nick van Karnebeek, Clara D. M. Ghani, Aisha Genereaux, Dallas Kim, Ellen Birch, Patricia Adam, Shelin Dragojlovic, Nick du Souich, Christèle Elliott, Alison M.
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Genetics in Medicine
PurposeThis study describes the cost trajectory of the standard diagnostic care pathway for children with suspected genetic disorders in British Columbia, Canada.MethodsAverage annual per-patient costs were estimated using medical records review and a caregiver survey for a cohort of 498 children referred to BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals (C&W...
Nicholson, Christopher
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Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Rationale and key points Brain natriuretic peptide is a chemical secreted when the heart is under strain. It is sampled by a blood test. This article informs nurses about how brain natriuretic peptide can be used as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for patients with cardiac conditions. » A brain natriuretic peptide level within the normal range i...
Bakola, Eleni Kokotis, Panagiotis Zambelis, Thomas Karandreas, Nikos
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration
Owing to the variety of its clinical presentations, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may mimic several neurological syndromes and even lead to inappropriate surgical procedures. We wished to assess the impact of unnecessary surgical treatments among ALS patients, and therefore we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 164 consecutive ALS pa...
