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Diagnostics, Volume 14, Issue 18

September-2 2024 - 110 articles

Cover Story: Laboratory medicine is an essential medical discipline whose contribution to screening, diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic management in modern clinical medicine is undeniable. Advances in laboratory diagnostics have recently revolutionized several areas of medicine by enabling more accurate, efficient and cost-effective testing. Among the various innovations, patient self-testing with portable and wearable devices represents a major breakthrough as it allows time to be saved and provides a less invasive means of evaluating analytes, performing the real-time measurement of target analytes, recording test results, monitoring (remote) health and empowering patients. View this paper
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Articles (110)

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,860 Views
17 Pages

Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest: Incremental Diagnostic and Prognostic Role during Resuscitation Care

  • Alfredo Mauriello,
  • Gemma Marrazzo,
  • Gerardo Elia Del Vecchio,
  • Antonia Ascrizzi,
  • Anna Selvaggia Roma,
  • Adriana Correra,
  • Francesco Sabatella,
  • Renato Gioia,
  • Alfonso Desiderio and
  • Vincenzo Russo
  • + 1 author

23 September 2024

Background: Cardiac arrest (CA) is a life-critical condition. Patients who survive after CA go into a defined post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS). In this clinical context, the role of the echocardiogram in recent years has become increasingly import...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,838 Views
7 Pages

Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) Technology for Bone Health Status Evaluation in Kidney Transplant Recipients

  • Angelo Fassio,
  • Giovanni Adami,
  • Stefano Andreola,
  • Pietro Manuel Ferraro,
  • Paola Pisani,
  • Fiorella Anna Lombardi,
  • Ombretta Viapiana,
  • Maurizio Rossini,
  • Chiara Caletti and
  • Giovanni Gambaro
  • + 2 authors

23 September 2024

Background: A significant loss in bone density and strength occurs during the post-renal-transplant period with higher susceptibility to fracture. The study aims to compare the performance of the Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,244 Views
18 Pages

Imaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma Detection

  • Dixon Woon,
  • Shane Qin,
  • Abdullah Al-Khanaty,
  • Marlon Perera and
  • Nathan Lawrentschuk

23 September 2024

Introduction: Imaging in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a constantly evolving landscape. The incidence of RCC has been rising over the years with the improvement in image quality and sensitivity in imaging modalities resulting in “incidentalomas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,018 Views
14 Pages

[18F]FDG PET/CT Integration in Evaluating Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer: A Clinician’s Practical Approach

  • Juliette Brezun,
  • Nicolas Aide,
  • Evelyne Peroux,
  • Jean-Laurent Lamboley,
  • Fabrice Gutman,
  • David Lussato and
  • Carole Helissey

23 September 2024

The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized the treatment paradigm of lung cancer, resulting in notable enhancements in patient survival. Nevertheless, evaluating treatment response in patients undergoing immunotherapy poses...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,288 Views
13 Pages

Age Estimation through Hounsfield Unit Analysis of Pelvic Bone in the Romanian Population

  • Emanuela Stan,
  • Alexandra Enache,
  • Camelia-Oana Muresan,
  • Veronica Ciocan,
  • Stefania Ungureanu,
  • Alexandru Catalin Motofelea,
  • Adrian Voicu and
  • Dan Costachescu

23 September 2024

Background: Bone density is affected by age- and sex-related changes in the os coxae, often known as the pelvic bone. Recent developments in computed tomography (CT) imaging have created new opportunities for quantitative analysis, notably regarding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,304 Views
14 Pages

Insights into the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and the Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as Predictors for the Length of Stay and Readmission in Chronic Heart Failure Patients

  • Liviu Cristescu,
  • Ioan Tilea,
  • Dragos-Gabriel Iancu,
  • Florin Stoica,
  • Diana-Andreea Moldovan,
  • Vincenzo Capriglione and
  • Andreea Varga

23 September 2024

Background/Objectives: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is characterized by complex pathophysiology, leading to increased hospitalizations and mortality. Inflammatory biomarkers such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,528 Views
13 Pages

The Value of C-Reactive Protein and Peritoneal Cytokines as Early Predictors of Anastomotic Leak after Colorectal Surgery

  • Dubravka Mužina,
  • Mario Kopljar,
  • Zdenko Bilić,
  • Blaženka Ladika Davidović,
  • Goran Glavčić,
  • Suzana Janković and
  • Monika Mačkić

23 September 2024

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and intraperitoneal CRP, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in early diagnostics of anastomotic leakage in the first 4 postoperative days aft...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,849 Views
17 Pages

Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) in Digestive Healthcare: Regulatory Challenges and Ethical Implications

  • Miguel Mascarenhas,
  • Miguel Martins,
  • Tiago Ribeiro,
  • João Afonso,
  • Pedro Cardoso,
  • Francisco Mendes,
  • Hélder Cardoso,
  • Rute Almeida,
  • João Ferreira and
  • João Fonseca
  • + 1 author

23 September 2024

The growing integration of software in healthcare, particularly the rise of standalone software as a medical device (SaMD), is transforming digestive medicine, a field heavily reliant on medical imaging for both diagnosis and therapeutic intervention...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,941 Views
21 Pages

RDAG U-Net: An Advanced AI Model for Efficient and Accurate CT Scan Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Lesions

  • Chih-Hui Lee,
  • Cheng-Tang Pan,
  • Ming-Chan Lee,
  • Chih-Hsuan Wang,
  • Chun-Yung Chang and
  • Yow-Ling Shiue

23 September 2024

Background/Objective: This study aims to utilize advanced artificial intelligence (AI) image recog-nition technologies to establish a robust system for identifying features in lung computed tomog-raphy (CT) scans, thereby detecting respiratory infect...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,877 Views
15 Pages

Cleft Sign in MRI May Represent the Disruption of Cartilage Structure within Pubic Symphysis and Pubic Plate: A Cadaver Case Report

  • Haruki Nishimura,
  • Xueqin Gao,
  • Sadao Niga,
  • Naomasa Fukase,
  • Yoichi Murata,
  • Patrick M. Quinn,
  • Masayoshi Saito,
  • Hajime Utsunomiya,
  • Soshi Uchida and
  • Johnny Huard
  • + 1 author

23 September 2024

Background/Objectives: Long-standing groin pain is a severe issue for athletes, often associated with the cleft sign on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, yet its underlying causes are poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to histologi...

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