Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Diagnosis"
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2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis
(BioMed Central, 2016)Acute calculus cholecystitis is a very common disease with several area of uncertainty. The World Society of Emergency Surgery developed extensive guidelines in order to cover grey areas. The diagnostic criteria, the ... -
Association of MRI findings and expert diagnosis of symptomatic meniscal tear among middle-aged and older adults with knee pain
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Our aim was to examine the association between an expert clinician’s impression of symptomatic meniscal tears and subsequent MRI in the context of middle-aged and older adults with knee pain. Methods: Patients ... -
Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fifth edition (DSM-5) provides new criteria for delirium diagnosis. We examined delirium diagnosis using these new criteria compared with the Diagnostic and Statistical ... -
Considering the base rates of low performance in cognitively healthy older adults improves the accuracy to identify neurocognitive impairment with the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease-Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (CERAD-NAB)
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)It is common for some healthy older adults to obtain low test scores when a battery of neuropsychological tests is administered, which increases the risk of the clinician misdiagnosing cognitive impairment. Thus, base rates ... -
The effect of adopting the IADPSG screening guidelines on the risk profile and outcomes of the gestational diabetes population
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Abstract Objective:: To compare characteristics and outcomes of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by the newer one-step glucose tolerance test and those diagnosed with the traditional two-step method. ... -
Evidence-based decision support for pediatric rheumatology reduces diagnostic errors
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The number of trained specialists world-wide is insufficient to serve all children with pediatric rheumatologic disorders, even in the countries with robust medical resources. We evaluated the potential of ... -
Mental Health Collaborative Care and its Role in Primary Care Settings
(Springer Science + Business Media, 2013)Collaborative care models (CCMs) provide a pragmatic strategy to deliver integrated mental health and medical care for persons with mental health conditions served in primary care settings. CCMs are team-based intervention ... -
Patterns of gestational diabetes diagnosis inside and outside of clinical guidelines
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Hospital discharge codes are often used to determine the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) at state and national levels. Previous studies demonstrate substantial variability in the accuracy of ... -
Primary hyperparathyroidism: review and recommendations on evaluation, diagnosis, and management. A Canadian and international consensus
(Springer London, 2016)The purpose of this review is to assess the most recent evidence in the management of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and provide updated recommendations for its evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. A Medline search of ... -
Respondents’ report of a clinician-diagnosed depression in health surveys: comparison with DSM-IV mental disorders in the general adult population in Germany
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Respondents’ report of a previously diagnosed depression by a health professional is frequently used to estimate depression prevalence. This study contributes to a better understanding of survey results based ... -
Smear positivity in paediatric and adult tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis continues to rely on sputum smear microscopy in many settings. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the percentage of children and adults with tuberculosis that are sputum smear ... -
Technique and Considerations in the Use of 4x1 Ring High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS)
(MyJove Corporation, 2013)High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) has recently been developed as a noninvasive brain stimulation approach that increases the accuracy of current delivery to the brain by using arrays of ... -
Visit complexity, diagnostic uncertainty, and antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in primary care: a retrospective study
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Guidelines and performance measures recommend avoiding antibiotics for acute cough/acute bronchitis and presume visits are straightforward with simple diagnostic decision-making. We evaluated clinician-assigned ...