Abstract Spatial disorientation has been observed in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and is associated with a higher risk of progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there is no gold standard assessment for spatial orientation and paper-and-pencil tests lack ecological validity. Recently, there ...
SUMMARY The 2006 Revised Sapporo Classification Criteria for Definite Antiphospholipid Syndrome included as laboratory criteria the tests for antiphospholipid antibodies whose accuracy was regarded as satisfactory according to the evidence available at that time. In practice, however, the sensitivity and...
Background: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) has nine questions and is used in diabetic or hypertensive patients to detect depressive symptoms. The PHQ-2 uses the first two questions of the PHQ-9 to rapidly detect those patients that should answer the whole questionnaire. Aim: To validate the PHQ-2 t...
RESUMEN Objetivo: Evaluar el uso de los biomarcadores proteína C reactiva (PCR) y procalcitonina (PCT) para la valoración de severidad clínica en pacientes pediá-tricos diagnosticados con infección por adenovirus. Método: Se estudiaron 100 pacientes mayores de 28 días y menores a 15 años con diag...
Resumen Introducción: La presión de pulso ampliada (PPA) se asocia a un filtrado glomerular calculado ≤ 60/mL/minuto/1.73 m2, por lo que puede ser útil como prueba diagnóstica para identificar a personas con insuficiencia renal crónica (IRC) estadio K/DOQI III-b. Objetivo: Determinar la util...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS CoV-2, from nasopharyngeal swabs, is the current gold standard diagnostic test for this virus and has sensitivity of 60-70%. Some studies have demonstrated a significant number of false-negative ...
Brasil,
Betacoronavirus,
COVID-19,
Prueba de COVID-19,
Vacunas contra la COVID-19,
Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico/métodos,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa,
SARS-CoV-2,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
ABSTRACT Background: The diagnostic value and suitability of prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) for the detection of prostate cancer (PCa) have been inconsistent in previous studies. Thus, the aim of the present meta-analysis was performed to systematically evaluate the diagnostic value of PCA3 for PCa. ...
The use of positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) for adult cancer patients is widespread, however, its use in pediatric patients is limited by fear of radiation, monetary cost and lack of awareness of its greater sensitivity in the evaluation of some types of tumors. Ewing's sarc...
Neoplasias Óseas,
Sarcoma de Ewing,
Neoplasias Óseas/diagnóstico por imagen,
Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18,
Estadificación de Neoplasias,
Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones,
Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones,
Radiofármacos,
Sarcoma de Ewing/diagnóstico por imagen,
Sarcoma de Ewing/patología,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
Abstract Background: Diagnostic testing for coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is performed using nasopharyngeal swabs. This type of sampling is uncomfortable for the patient, dangerous for health workers, and its high demand has led to a global shortage of swabs. One of the alternative specimens is saliva....
Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico,
Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa InversaMétodos,
Saliva/virología,
Betacoronavirus/genética,
Betacoronavirus/aislamiento & purificación,
COVID-19,
Prueba de COVID-19,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/virología,
Genoma Viral,
Hospitalización,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/virología,
SARS-CoV-2,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Manejo de EspecímenesMétodos,
Temperatura,
Factores de Tiempo
Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases with high mortality in the world. DNA amplification techniques have been used to overcome barriers to the diagnosis of this disease. However, the success of these methodologies is highly dependent on the DNA obtained from the sample. This study...
