Essays about: "diagnostic delay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words diagnostic delay.

  1. 1. Manual and robotic RNA extraction from human plasma with absolute quantification of miRNA through two-tailed RT-qPCR as part of research into early diagnosis of sepsis

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Lourens Groenewald; [2022]
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    Abstract : Each hour´s delay in administering antibiotics has been shown to result in a 9% increase in the odds of mortality in sepsis cases. It is thus evident that the development of a diagnostic method that ensures an early time to diagnosis of sepsis is essential. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Allow us to show them the pain by squeezing their hand": The study of pain communication and the diagnostic delay of endometriosis

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Rebeka Laub; [2021]
    Keywords : endometriosis; health communication; gender; social determinants of health;

    Abstract : Endometriosis is a gynaecological disorder that affects an estimated 176 million women worldwide. Endometriosis causes serious societal impacts, such as loss of work productivity and effectiveness of non-work-related activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Primary health care and the challenges of identifying bipolar disorder : A regional comparative study in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Fia Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Bipolar disorder; primary health care; mental health; diagnostic delay; regional inequality;

    Abstract : Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric diagnosis that is difficult to identify. Diagnostic delays are 5-10 years and cause irreversible harm for the patient and burden health care systems. Health deterioration and societal costs may be avoided if BD were diagnosed and treated at an early stage in the disease progression. READ MORE

  5. 4. Determining linguistic predictor for the classification of subjective cognitive impairment and mild cognitive impairment using machine learning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Tian Wang; [2020-09-01]
    Keywords : mild cognitive impairment; sibjective cognitive impairment; natural language processing; support vector machine; neural networks;

    Abstract : Introduction Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a neurological condition characterized by cognitive decline greater than expected for an individual's age and education level. Subjective Cognitive Impairment (SCI) is a selfreported decline in cognitive abilities but not clinically identified as MCI. READ MORE

  6. 5. ENDOMETRIOSIS AND PATIENT-CENTEREDNESS CARE : is there an association betweenpatient-centeredness and age orpatient-centeredness and diagnostic delay?

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    Author : Elisabeth Håkansson; [2020]
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    Abstract : .... READ MORE