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The Prognostic and Diagnostic Utility and The Stability of The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities
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Children's Word-Finding Test (Revised): Diagnostic utility, developmental influences, and construct dimensions in a heterogeneous clinic-referred sample.
The present work examined the clinical utility, and construct dimensions of the Children's Word Finding Test (Revised; CWFT-R) within a developmental framework. Participants consisted of 361 diagnostically heterogeneous children between the ages 6 through 8 years inclusive who were assessed on a …
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Diagnostic utility of lung ultrasound in preterm neonates with respiratory distress at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in the Western Cape
Background: Accumulating data suggest the potential for lung ultrasound (LUS) to diagnose lung pathology and predict the need for surfactant administration in preterm babies, but there are no published data from South Africa. Objectives: The objectives were to describe LUS diagnoses and outcomes in …
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The diagnostic utility of bone marrow biopsies performed for the investigation of fever and/or cytopenias in HIV-infected adults at Groote Schuur Hospital.
… The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic yield of this investigation.
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Diagnostic utility of pericardial fluid pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial effusions among patients with moderate and large effusions undergoing pericardiocentesis at Groote Schuur Hospital: a subs-study of the IMPI trial
… despite improvement of treatment modalities. The diagnostic utility of pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial fluid is unknown, yet this concept is well studied in pleural fluid. This cross-sectional diagnostic study evaluated the diagnostic utility of pH in infectious compared to non-infectious …
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Generation of the electroretinogram M-wave and PII components in the amphibian retina
… of ERG generation would enhance the diagnostic utility of the ERG and aid in understanding of the pathophysiology of retinal diseases.
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Laboratory-based tasks in the diagnosis of ADHD in adults: a theoretical and empirical analysis
… of this study was to empirically evaluate the diagnostic utility of the Conners CPT and the P ASAT as a laboratory-based measures of attention, vigilance, working memory, and sustained mental effort in clinic-referred adults with and without ADHD. Moreover, the study was conducted in order to …
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Orthodontics: Awareness Assessment
… risk assessment, radiation dose estimation, diagnostic utility, and issues of informed consent. It is incumbent on the profession to understand how practitioners view this technology as it gains popularity and ease of use. Materials and Methods: A 21-question survey with 13 additional …
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Optimizing Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Inpatients Meeting the Criteria of Seriously Ill in the WHO Algorithm
… diagnosis of tuberculosis and to determine the diagnostic utility of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in seriously ill HIV-infected patients. Methods We conducted a prospective study among HIV-infected inpatients with any cough duration and WHO-defined danger signs. Culture-positive tuberculosis from any …
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The Utility of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch) for Attention-Related Referrals
… there is insufficient evidence for the diagnostic utility of the TEA-Ch with ADHD in a U.S. population. The focus in this study was to investigate the relationship between the TEA-Ch scores test authors found to be most sensitive to ADHD in UK samples as well as the relationship of …
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A study of defibrillator waveforms, vectors, and therapies Kevin Anthony Michael.
… evaluate therapies in this patient cohort. The diagnostic utility of the post pacing interval (PPI) after failed ATP episodes was then investigated to help discriminate between atrial fibrillation/tachycardia (AF/AT) and VT.
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Validity and reliability of the executive and memory sections of the Groote Schuur neurocognitive assessment battery
… 1975), which has proven to have restricted diagnostic utility in the assessment of neurological patients in a South African Neurology ward. The authors know of no other screening instrument which has been translated into Afrikaans and isiXhosa and has been validated in South Africa; given …
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Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin, compared with composite reference standards, to discriminate between tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected inpatients meeting WHO criteria for seriously ill
… and radiological presentation and limited diagnostic resources in resource-poor settings. Simple, affordable tests are needed for developing improved clinical algorithms. C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin have shown diagnostic utility for respiratory tract infections, however few …
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Next Generation Sequencing: Applications for the Clinic
… development of three such applications that have diagnostic utility. The first is a method to determine the phase of compound heterozygotes; an important problem when recessive genes contain more than one mutation. The second is a process designed to identify and interpret chromosomal …
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Design and Characterization of an Open-Source, High-Efficiency, Easily-Reconfigurable Switch-mode Current Driver for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
… faster and more detailed scans with greater diagnostic utility. Additional scanner hardware, specifically local field control coils and power electronic circuits to drive current into these coils (referred to as “current drivers") are required for these techniques. While current driver …
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Discrimination of alcoholics from non-alcoholics using supervised learning on resting EEG
… relationship is strong enough to have meaningful diagnostic utility. In this thesis, we investigate the efficacy of using supervised machine learning on resting scalp EEG data to build models that can match clinical diagnoses of alcohol dependence. We extract features from four minute eyes-closed …
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Functional genomics of developmental disorders
… I characterise DNA methylation signatures as a diagnostic biomarker for children with rare developmental disorders in chromatin-modifying genes. I show that DNA methylation signatures are a general property of these genes, that they have substantial clinical and diagnostic utility, and that they …
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The development of a scoring system for an alternative form of the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale - revised
… included in the administration to improve the diagnostic utility of the subtest. Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Alternative Form, based on the administration of both versions to an unselected adult non-clinical population (n = 44, aged 25-51) revealed high internal …
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Evaluating the Process of Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitor Application and Completion Rates
… setting. A common barrier that decreases the diagnostic utility is failure to successfully complete the monitoring. Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare the AEM completion rates between patients who self-apply the monitor at home and those who have the monitor applied in the …
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Screening for At-Risk Substance Use and Behavioral Health Concerns in University Primary Care
… (SUBS) in a university primary care setting. The diagnostic utility of the SUBS was also compared to an established screen for at-risk drinking, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test – Consumption (AUDIT-C). Finally, this study described prevalence rates and identified cluster profiles of …
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