Because of the high prevalence and the need for legal notification, the final TB diagnosis was discussed and determined by an official committee of Centers for Disease Control of Taiwan based on clinical information and treatment outcome.
I-MIBG scintigraphy is only performed when there is a high suspicion of a neuroblastoma based on clinical information, excretion of catecholamines in the urine and different imaging methods.
Bone scintigraphy can play a role when localisation of osteomyelitis, based on clinical information or other radiological methods, is not possible [32].
This approach allows for more suitable therapeutic strategies based on clinical information of individuals.
The diagnosis of dementia was based on clinical information, and we did not use any of the standard criteria or neuropsychological tests that can be uniformly applied.
Treede et al's [ 14] proposed algorithm for the assessment of neuropathic pain involves the development of a working hypothesis of "possible" neuropathic pain based on clinical information, pain mapping and history relating to the onset of pain.
As we shall see shortly, this is related to the complexity of the diagnostic algorithm of the ANA-reflex test which does not rely on informatics automatism, but rather on the intervention of a pathologist based on clinical information and preceding results [6], and should, in fact, be more appropriately defined "ANA-reflective" testing [7].
Text search and SPARQL-like (SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) querying would then allow identification of relevant samples based on clinical information.
ICD-10 diagnoses (at time of admission) were based on clinical information including interviews with patients, relatives and care providers, according to ICD-10 research diagnostic criteria [ 29].
The diagnosis and classification of stroke were based on clinical information, and ancillary examinations (such as brain imaging including CT, MRI, cerebral angiography and echocardiography).
