We used two diagnostic PCR assays to screen Uranotaenia blood meals for annelid and vertebrate DNA.
Cases of abuse were identified according to ICD-9 (international classification of diseases, ninth revision) diagnostic codes, by using two different case definitions.
Diagnostic techniques must be improved by using two methods of collection and samples must be collected from at least three suspicious areas on the scalp.
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of faecal haemoglobin to detect advanced colorectal neoplasia, we compared results with colonoscopy findings by using two by two tables.
The ultrasound examinations were performed under standardized conditions by specially trained examiners using four identical HDI 5000 diagnostic ultrasound units (ALTATL Ultrasound, Philips Medical Systems, P.O. Box 3003, Bothell, WA, USA).
Through a retrospective analysis of routinely collected hospital data, we calculated standardised in-hospital mortality ratios both by hospital and by diagnostic group (H/SMRs) using two different models.
The diagnostic approach used by the South African NTCP, which is based on using two smears in the initial SSM test, provides a benchmark in performance.
In additional to above, results showed significant differences about P < 0.01 between presence of BVDV in Camel aborted fetuses with Bovine and Buffalo and P < 0.05 between presence of BVDV in Bovine with Ovine and Caprine aborted fetuses, by using each of two diagnostic methods.
Psychiatric diagnosis was made post mortem by using the Diagnostic Evaluation After Death (Salzman et al, 1983).
Three European studies [10-12] [10-12]identifiedsing the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes and costs of treatment were estimated by using national Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) cost weights.
