Sentence examples for imprecise diagnosis from inspiring English sources

However, this problem of imprecise diagnosis of shoulder pain is well known and is not unique to this data set [ 9].

An imprecise diagnosis of the phenotype can result in a genetically heterogeneous sample which will in turn significantly impact on the research (SLI Consortium 2004).

Stereotactic brain biopsies carry a morbidity and mortality risk of 4% and 0.9%, respectively, and lead to an inaccurate or imprecise diagnosis in one third to one half of glioma cases [ 5].

Another example of subjects in whom a suspicion of imprecise diagnosis by office BP should be considered are those with signs of organ damage despite apparently normal BP in the physician's office or in the clinic (in diabetic subjects, it is much less likely that the opposite situation is encountered).

Moreover, due to early confusion resulting from imprecise clinical diagnosis and case definition (7 ), correct clinical diagnosis and prompt isolation were often impossible, which resulted in insufficient isolation and gaps in the containment strategy for hospital infection control (8 ).

These weaknesses include errors arising from imprecise principal diagnosis, lead time bias, and poor uniformity of fit of the model.

On the other hand, an imprecise or incorrect diagnosis in primary care delays the first appointment with the specialist consultant at the hospitals.

This procedure may be affected by a lack of accurate diagnosis, imprecise symptoms, uneven case detection efforts, and reporting bias; therefore a spatially smoothed approach was used for reducing spurious outliers.

Although asthma diagnosis is imprecise in the presence of COPD, the high prevalence of wheezing to allergen and irritant exposures with symptoms of atopy suggests that asthma is common in AATD but usually associated with COPD.

Wire codes for the residence at diagnosis yielded imprecise elevations of two and above for very high current configuration homes or modest 1.5-fold elevations for a dichotomous wire code.

Symptomatic diagnosis is imprecise, but remains the basis of therapeutic care for most of the febrile patients in malaria endemic areas, where laboratory support is often out of reach [ 11, 18].