[PDF][PDF] Urine testing is associated with inappropriate antibiotic use and increased length of stay in emergency department patients

R Childers, B Liotta, J Brennan, P Wang, J Kattoula… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Exposing patients with a low probability of disease to diagnostic testing with
poor test characteristics leads to false positive results. Providers often act on these false …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and echocardiographic characterization of false-positive results from stress echocardiography

RA Guerreiro, P Fazendas, AR Pereira… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Stress echocardiography has a 72%–85% sensitivity and an 80%–95%
specificity. In this study, we characterized patients who received a false-positive stress …

Utility of imaging modalities in coronary lesions with borderline fractional flow reserve

H Bhatt, S Dayanand, JM Castellanos, S Kalra… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Coronary intervention is routinely deferred in intermediate lesions with
fractional flow reserve (FFR)≥ 0.80. Patients with borderline FFR (0.80–0.85) who were …

[PDF][PDF] Development of a Clinical Care Pathway for Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Emergency Department

CM O'Rielly - Development, 2020 - prism.ucalgary.ca
Chest pain is a predominant reason for emergency department (ED) visits and
hospitalizations in Canada. ED physicians use diagnostic tools (eg, biomarkers) to identify …

[HTML][HTML] False Positive Results on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography: A New Marker of Risk for Ischemic Events

L Ferraz, A Fernandes, A Faustino, S Carvalho… - Medical Research …, 2022 - esmed.org
Background: Although dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has a high specificity,
there is still a subset of patients with false positive tests (FP); whether these results have …

Report of a case with cardiac X syndrome diagnosed by echocardiography

E KARAM, P Khodeir, G Abou Nader - Mediterranean Journal of …, 2019 - mjemonline.com
Report of a case with cardiac X syndrome diagnosed by echocardiography Page 1
Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine https://mjemonline.com/ Report of a case with …

Detection of stage B heart failure in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Y Wang - 2018 - figshare.utas.edu.au
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome associated with significant mortality and
morbidity, which leads to a significant burden for patients and healthcare systems. There is a …

Ultrahang-kontrasztanyag szerepe dobutamin stressz-echokardiográfia során

M Matus, T Kántor, M Vértesaljai, M Dénes… - Cardiologia …, 2023 - real.mtak.hu
Célkitűzés: Koszorúér-betegség gyanúja esetén preteszt-probabilitás (PTP) segítségével
megállapítható annak rizikója. Közepes PTP esetén funkcionális teszt végzése javasolt …

[HTML][HTML] Angina pectoris: value of stress echocardiography (diagnosis, follow-up)

G Romero-Farina - escardio.org
Chest pain is the main alert sign for coronary artery disease (CAD). Most people with angina
have significant CAD; therefore, stratifying the risk is important. Stress echocardiography …