Systematic assessment of decision-analytic models evaluating diagnostic tests for acute myocardial infarction based on cardiac troponin assaysCardiac troponin assaysNSTEMIcost-effectiveness analysisdecision-analytic modelssystematic assessmentDespite the emphasis on the clinical importance of cardiac troponin assays ...
Breakdowns involving the patient-practitioner clinical encounter were most often judged to be due to data-gathering and synthesis problems (ie, cognitive errors) related to the medical history (56.3%), physical examination (47.4%), ordering of diagnostic tests for further workup (57.4%), and ...
PURPOSE: To determine the extent of overuse and underuse of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease and whether the socioeconomic status, health insurance, gender, and race/ethnicity of a patient influences the use of diagnostic tests. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We identified patients who presented...
For every outcome, power tests were performed to check the suitability of sample sizes. Additionally, CMA software was used to establish prediction intervals (PI) for each result. The epidemiological strength of the results was evaluated using GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development,...
Echocardiography is the gold standard for confirming the diagnosis of valvular heart disease, but it is not suitable for screening tests [35]. Therefore, whether AI-enhanced Electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) can be used as an available tool for screening asymptomatic patients has gained widespread. Kwon ...
Using Pearson r tests and correcting for the use of multiple pairwise analyses, we found several such clusters of cognitive factors. The more common clusters of 3 factors, all of which have significant pairwise correlations within a cluster, were as follows: Incomplete/faulty history and ...
For these reasons, the U.K. National Institute for Clinical and Healthcare excellence stable chest pain guidance recommends use of stress imaging tests and not CCTA in patients with known CAD (42). The mismatch between coronary stenosis and reduced flow or perfusion is well documented, as are ...
Bring tests, specimens, buffer, and/or controls to room temperature (15-30°C) before use.1. Remove the test from its sealed pouch, and place it on a clean, level surface. Label the test with patient or control identification. For best results, the assay shou...
16,38 Sensitivity and specificity of tests for upper and lower tract cancers were obtained from the literature. For strategies using multiple tests, we assumed no synergy between tests evaluating the same portion of the GU tract. For example, the sensitivity and specificity of the strategy ...
On a similar note, the same is true for medical imaging as well, since one of the most routinely performed imaging tests is coronary angiography and there should be a well of untapped potential in that metaphorical alley. It is clear that when looking at machine learning techniques, deep ...