Sentence examples for reliable ruling from inspiring English sources

Although, in general, many point-of-care cardiac troponin tests are less sensitive than cardiac troponin tests developed for central laboratory automated analyzers, point-of-care systems have been used successfully within accelerated protocols for the reliable ruling out of acute coronary syndromes, without increasing subsequent readmission rates for this condition.

To date, bone scintigraphy using MDP or HMDP has been the cornerstone in the evaluation of newly diagnosed high-risk prostate cancer patients, since it is a widely available and inexpensive whole-body imaging technique that allows the reliable ruling out of skeletal involvement in a single examination, due to its high sensitivity.

Also, 35.5% of physicians rated LUS as 'always reliable' in ruling out pneumothorax, and 21.3% of respondents rated LUS as 'always reliable' in ruling in pneumothorax.

In contrast, 16 respondents (21.3%) assessed LUS to be 'always reliable' in ruling in pneumothorax; a further 52 (68.6%) felt that it was 'frequently reliable'.

Twenty-eight of these (35.5%) assessed LUS to be 'always reliable' in ruling out pneumothorax; another 41 (53.9%) felt that LUS was 'frequently reliable'.

With these cut-off points, the model was reliable for ruling out or for supporting high iron overload diagnosis in 127 (74%) patients.

While aneurysms over 5 cm are palpable on examination, 76% of the time, physical examination is not reliable in ruling out AAA [2].

The proportion of physicians who felt that LUS was 'always reliable' in ruling out pneumothorax was significantly higher in the high-caseload group (p = 0.0003) (Figures 1 and 2). Figure 1 Assessment of accuracy of LUS to rule out pneumothorax.

It is much less invasive than surgery but also less reliable in ruling out malignancy.

The but-for theory, endorsed by many legal and philosophical theorists including Mackie, has the heuristic advantage that a simple and often reliable way of ruling out the existence of causal connection between agency and harm is to ask whether the harm would in the circumstances have occurred in the absence of the agency.

Urine dipstick and urinalysis tests, despite being reliable methods for ruling out bacteriuria [ 130, 131], are often used to justify orders for urine cultures.