How accurate is the 'HADS-A' questionnaire in detecting anxiety disorders in adults?

In order to complete pooling of data through a meta-analysis, the raw 2×2 data are required. 28 Of the included studies, five had incomplete data to allow for this. 11 21 29–31 All five were contacted ...

Rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the primary energy molecule, is critical for the elucidation of its unique roles in cell signaling and many cellular reactions ...

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of whether dyspnea has a cardiac cause is essential. Guidelines from 2016 were reported to result in a high incidence of indeterminate left ventricular (LV) filling pressure. We ...

Guideline 29. Thyroid Antibody Method Sensitivity & Specificity Differences Recognize and understand that the results of thyroid antibody tests are method-dependent.

C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile patients. A ...

The ROC curve analysis revealed a sensitivity of 68.97%, specificity of 80.56% and area under the curve of 0.837 for the ISS, and 58.62%, 94.44% and 0.855 for the NISS, respectively. The Youden index ...

Key to the innovation is a deep-learning reconstruction engine that enhances detail and enables exploratory insights across ...

Alterations in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) are closely linked to cardiometabolic abnormalities. The aim of this work is to define a metabolic signature in VAT of insulin resistance (IR) dependent on ...

In the distinct LVO validation cohort of consecutive 741 patients with ischaemic stroke with acute vessel imaging independent of their admission NIHSS score (86.9% CT-angiography (CT-A); see table 3A ...

The specificity was 97.6%. The accuracy was 95.8%. Sensitivity and specificity were 100% when we considered differential diagnoses only with neoplastic lesions involving the spine. Conclusions: “Mini ...

View inline View popup Table 1 Probability and safety of decision outcomes of the pH test Outcome probabilities were driven by two independent factors—the initial insertion (prior distribution of tube ...