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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Case detection"”.
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Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Botswana: barriers and risk factors influencing patient outcomes, case detection, and linkage to effective care and treatment
… (RR-TB), but many challenges remain. Case detection is lower than expected and varies by year, and mortality rates are high. Research aims included identifying: factors associated with mortality, access to culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) for patients at risk of RR-TB, …
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An assessment of gastric cancer associated factors and strategies for early case detection in patients seen at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.
… potential of using blood in gastric juice for detection of gastric mucosal lesions through pre-endoscopy screening. The study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital, in Lusaka, Zambia. It was a case-control study of patients with histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) …
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An assessment of gastric cancer associated factors and strategies for early case detection in patients seen at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.
… potential of using blood in gastric juice for detection of gastric mucosal lesions through pre-endoscopy screening. The study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital, in Lusaka, Zambia. It was a case-control study of patients with histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) …
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Optimal tuberculosis case-finding methodologies for field trials of new tuberculosis vaccines in young children
There is paucity of evidence to guide case-finding strategies in field trials of new tuberculosis vaccines conducted in young children. To investigate case-finding and case detection methods for tuberculosis in tuberculosis field trials conducted in young children.
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A study of the role of advanced technologies in glaucoma case-finding
In the UK, 11,000 new cases of open angle glaucoma (OAG) are diagnosed annually in people aged 40 to 70 years. However, two--‐thirds of UK OAG cases may remain undiagnosed, highlighting the need for improved detection. UK optometrists generate more than 95% of referrals for suspected glaucoma and …
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L'aîné vulnérable et la maltraitance à domicile : une problématique complexe
… polymorphous phenomenon while criticizing it. Case detection is laborious because, in addition to the difficulties faced by professionals, the fact that general portraits of the protagonists remain to be clarified makes screening and protection of mistreated elders even more complex. …
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Fault detection and location in modular trees
The problem of fault detection and location in modular tree structures are considered in this thesis. The fault set is restricted to stuck-at-faults in the discussion of the fault location problem. Short circuit faults and broken and short circuit faults are considered in the discussion of the …
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Refining the role of the chest radiograph in paediatric tuberculosis clinical care and research
… dying from TB who went undiagnosed. To close the case detection gap for paediatric TB and reduce unnecessary childhood deaths, especially in young children, better strategies are needed to diagnose TB and facilitate access to appropriate treatment. In clinical research, more robust strategies are …
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Mapping and modeling of neglected tropical diseases in Brazil and Bolivia
… disease in both Brazil and Bolivia. New disease cases were compiled for leprosy, Schistosomiasis, and Chagas disease from the Brazilian ministry of Health for 2001 to 2009 and the data was stratified to a 10,000 population for each municipality. Bolivian Chagas prevalence rates were calculated …
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Non-communicable diseases in public sector primary care clinics in South Africa: multimorbidity, control, treatment, socioeconomic associations, and evaluation of educational outreach with a clinical management tool
… and chronic respiratory disease cohorts, and case detection for the depression cohort. Multimorbidity, NCD care and their socioeconomic associations were assessed on the whole trial cohort (combining intervention and control arms) at baseline and follow-up. The results are presented in …
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A complex, high-performance agent-based model used to explore tuberculosis and COVID-19 case-finding interventions
… to be at high risk of infection, and in the case of TB, screening using chest X-rays. The impact of several such early diagnosis interventions on case detection have been studied in clinical trials, but the longer-term impact of these interventions on infections (incidence) and deaths …
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Gender-based violence: strengthening the role and scope of prehospital emergency care by promoting theory, policy and clinical praxis
… was prudent. The historical domestic violence detection rate was found to be 5,1/1000. A nine-fold increase in detection following the screening training and implementation translated to 47,9/1000 emergency care patients, with no adverse events. These rates are unprecedented for South African …
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The experiences of patients with regard to social and health services factors that contribute to delays in seeking treatment for tuberculosis
The goal of this research study was to do an explorative study in order to establish the experiences of patients with regard to social and health services factors that contribute to delays in seeking treatment for Tuberculosis.
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Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District
… components that serve as entry points for HIV case detection and treatment were identified as part of the TB/HIV collaborative activities. One of these components Is people diagnosed with TB as TB Is the most common opportunistic Infection in HIV patients worldwide (WHO, 2005). According to the …
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Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District
… components that serve as entry points for HIV case detection and treatment were identified as part of the TB/HIV collaborative activities. One of these components Is people diagnosed with TB as TB Is the most common opportunistic Infection in HIV patients worldwide (WHO, 2005). According to the …
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The incidence of tuberculosis in adolescents in the context of proposed TB vaccine trials
… for logistical reasons. The number of TB cases is likely to have been underestimated since smear screening was the main method of case detection and smear negative culture positive TB cases would have been missed. [Application of results] A range of data was obtained through these analyses …