19 20 In short, YJH is the reference centre for tuberculosis and chest diseases for the capital city of Cameroon (Yaounde) and surrounding areas.
Samples collected into PAXgene blood RNA tubes should be sent to the reference centre within 48 h at room temperature, or can be stored locally at −80°C for up to 12 months before analysis.
If primary PCI is selected as the reperfusion strategy, the patient is transferred to the nearest primary PCI centre; once the patient is clinically stable, he or she is transported to the reference centre to avoid oversaturation of PCI centres.
Patients who were recommended a biopsy (either percutaneous or open), which was not performed in the reference centre, were followed up by the evaluation centre to assess the final diagnosis and, in case of breast cancer, the tumour stage.
Informed consent to participate is requested in the reference centre and a questionnaire on risk factors (QRF) for osteoporotic fractures is given during the visit and anthropometric parameters are determined.
The results are presented for the reference centre and for the two peripheral centres combined.
Isolates from 46 foxhounds were sent to the Reference Centre in Rome, Italy, for zymodeme analysis.
Six of the patients (35.3%) were transferred to the reference centre for immediate coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
At least one of the two surgeons of each participating institution observed the first 10 procedures in this trial, which were performed at the reference centre.
However, high-risk patients, whose condition was likely to deteriorate, tended to be treated mainly in the reference centre during the second period, as reflected by the increase in the rates of negative estrogen receptor tumors and SBR grade 3 tumors observed in the reference centre.
