New Scale Helps Identify More Serious Cases of Mononucleosis
Scale identifies college students at increased risk for corticosteroid Rx, chronic fatigue syndrome
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HIV Transmission Rates Decreased With Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment
Viral suppression has become increasingly prevalent in people with HIV infection in recent years, and the rates of new infections and transmissions have been decreasing.
Liver Stiffness Plus Hyaluronic Acid Measurements Improve Prognostic Ability
Investigators examined the effectiveness of combined noninvasive methods to forecast outcomes in patients with chronic liver diseases.
Optimal Limit of Detection for a Point-of-Care HCV Viremia Test
Dataset of 66,640 individuals from 12 countries representative of 6 global regions confirmed that a test with a limit of detection of 1318 IU/mL would identify 97% of viremic HCV infections.
Model Can Predict Sepsis Risk for Emergency Medical Admissions
Computer-aided National Early Warning Score model model accurately predicts sepsis for emergency medical admissions.
ICD-10, Diagnostic Errors, and the Payment Reforms to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy
In 2015, 1 in 20 adults in the United States experienced a diagnostic error every year; yet by the beginning of 2019, nothing had been done to improve the situation.
Microbiology Testing Has Suboptimal Effect on Antibiotic Stewardship
A small percentage of microbiologic test results are used to direct the antibiotic stewardship processes.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for CNS Infections
The tryptophan-kynurenine-NAD+ (TK) pathway may provide accurate cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers.
Treatment Efficacy in HABP/VABP: Clinical Endpoints Consensus
Expert opinions on judgment-based criteria for the assessment of antimicrobial treatment efficacy in HABP and VABP are heterogenous.
Specific Biomarkers of Liver Fibrosis Suboptimal in HIV/HCV Coinfection
APRI and FIB-4 biomarkers may be unsatisfactory for the detection of significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in people with HIV and HCV.
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