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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"misdiagnosis"”.
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Autism and misdiagnosis: is early detection always accurate?
<p>Autism is a brain-based disorder that involves disrupted social interactions and communication development along with stereotyped patterns of behaviors and interests. Early detection and intervention is crucial for children diagnosed with autism. While current trends in research and detection …
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Diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and becoming better: An investigation into epistemic injustice and mental health
… investigation into mental health diagnosis and misdiagnosis by way of an interrogation of spoken and structurational biases and prejudices. It is my contention that by revealing, exploring and deconstructing highly questionable attributions of meaning, the voice of the patient can be heard in …
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Misdiagnosis of Appendicitis in Women in a Resource Limited Setting: Lessons from South Africa
… to the lack of access to specialised imaging. Misdiagnosis in females is common, given the potential broad differential diagnosis. The rate of misdiagnosis varies between countries, but there is a paucity of data in the developing world. The aim and objectives of this study were to describe the …
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Misdiagnosis of Appendicitis in Women in a Resource Limited Setting: Lessons from South Africa
… to the lack of access to specialised imaging. Misdiagnosis in females is common, given the potential broad differential diagnosis. The rate of misdiagnosis varies between countries, but there is a paucity of data in the developing world. The aim and objectives of this study were to describe the …
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A Theory of Misdiagnosis: A Qualitative Analysis of the Diagnosis Journey for an Ambiguous, Visible Disease With Stigmatizing Symptoms
Misdiagnosis is a serious problem in health care. This dissertation aims to explain why it can take many years to receive a diagnosis for a rare disease despite multiple attempts to seek help for unresolved symptoms. Using theories from social construction, labeling theory, social support, and …
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Examination Of Speech Disfluencies In The Story Generation Narratives Of Bidialectal Children
… speaking children are at an increased risk for misdiagnosis of stuttering. The purpose of this study was to determine if bidialectal children who speak African American English (AAE) and Mainstream American English (MAE) are at that same risk. We hypothesized that bidialectal children would …
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Prevalence and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: a community study
… and community studies have demonstrated misdiagnosis in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Clinical trials of antiparkinson medication have also shown a subset of patients labelled as having PD have normal functional brain dopaminergic imaging. Conditions commonly misdiagnosed as PD include …
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I, Dentist: Is artificial intelligence the future of oral healthcare?
… has earned a reputation for being more prone to misdiagnosis and overtreatment than other medical subspecialties. This is driven, at least in part, by a professional culture that has traditionally been less scientific and evidence-based than that of general medicine. It is also partially driven …
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The under-recognition of trauma in the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
… Controversially, there is also concern about BPD misdiagnosis due to under-recognition of trauma and PTSD/CPTSD (Complex PTSD) because of common aetiology. PTSD/CPTSD has a better track record of successful treatment; as typically BPD treatment focuses more on symptoms, while PTSD/CPTSD treats …
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Improving differential diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction
… whether patients with VCD have a higher risk of misdiagnosis than patients with breathing difficulties of other etiologies. Finally, the present study investigated whether patients with VCD were more likely to have their symptoms attributed to psychological factors than patients with breathing …
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The Immune Status of Two Bloom's Syndrome Siblings
… study has not ruled out the possibility of a misdiagnosis of BS.
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Bayesian models for screening and diagnosis of pulmonary disease
… pulmonary diseases, leading to high rates of misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis. Over the past six years, our group has been developing screening tools for pulmonary disease. We have developed a mobile toolkit that consists of an electronic stethoscope, an augmented reality peak flow meter, and …
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Interferência de medicamentos em exames laboratoriais.
… pseudo - increase or pseudo - decrease . The misdiagnosis can lead to serious health risks to patients, new clinical trials, that resul t in additional costs being so necessary. The probability of interference occurring increases as the patient uses more than one drug, which should always be …
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Genetic Alterations Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… for ADHD is subjective and leads to frequent misdiagnosis and the subsequent use of prescription amphetamines which may lead to long term developmental cognitive alterations. Previous literature has identified ST3 Beta-Galactoside Alpha-2,3-Sialyltransferase 3 (ST3GAL3) as a possible genetic …
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Assessment of Multiple Personality Disorder Using Art Therapy
… there has been a sharp increase in the misdiagnosis of MPD.</p> <p>Verbal interviews and other assessments have failed to accurately diagnose MPD. The purpose of this research was to test the validity of an art therapy assessment designed to facilitate the diagnosis of MPD.</p> <p>The …
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TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS CO-OCCURRING WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
… has showed that there have been several misdiagnosis of mental illness due to client’s delays in speech or introspection caused by an intellectual disability. It is believed that the intellectual disability is either interfering with the proper mental health diagnosis or a mental health …
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Tuberculosis-associated obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical, radiological and pathophysiological study of the contribution of previous pulmonary tuberculosis in a community-based study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
… surveys, with specific reference to misdiagnosis that might lead to overestimates of prevalence.
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Adult women with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspectives on the menarche/menstruation experience
… of AQ-10’s screening purpose or underreporting/misdiagnosis due to the female ASD phenotype’s camouflaging abilities. Higher AQ-10 (6+) scores had somewhat higher mean MAQ scores for four (Debilitating/Bothersome/Natural/Predictable) and one lower (Denial) MAQ subscales. Exploratory analysis of …
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of the tuberculosis control procedures applied in the Cape Divisional Council area
… examinations should be increased to reduce misdiagnosis.
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Accurate belief state update for probabilistic constraint automata
… the true state probability and result in misdiagnosis. This thesis introduces two innovative belief state approximation techniques, called Best-First Belief State Enumeration (BFBSE) and Best-First Belief State Update (BFBSU), that address this limitation by computing estimate …
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