OBJECTIVE to evaluate patient and health service characteristics associated with tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis delay. METHODS this was a cross-sectional study conducted in São José do Rio Preto-SP in 2009; the 'entry point' and 'access to diagnosis' dimensions of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) were selected to analyze patient and HS delay. RESULTS 99 TB patients were included in the ...

Lung cancer is a global medical problem with a rising incidence and 5-year survival of 5%-10%. The aim of this study was to investigate whether waiting times and delays in diagnosis and treatment of patients with lung carcinoma have any bearing on prognosis and survi- val. The study was performed in the Brezovik Special Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis. The study included all cases w...

Breast cancer continues to be a disease with tremendous public health significance. Primary prevention of breast cancer is still not available, so efforts to promote early detection continue to be the major focus in fighting breast cancer. Since early detection is associated with decreased mortality, one would think that it is important to minimize delays in detection and diagnosis. There are t...

INTRODUCTION Early diagnosis is necessary for the success of the tuberculosis (TB) program. GOAL To identify factors associated with diagnosis delay of TB in Huambo, Angola. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out in patients diagnosed with TB at the Huambo Anti-Tuberculosis Dispensary (ATD) in the period between October 2015 and January 2016. RESULTS The 247 patients inclu...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis and immediate initiation of treatment are essential for an effective tuberculosis (TB) control program. Delay in diagnosis is significant to both disease prognosis at the individual level and transmission within the community. Most transmissions occur between the onset of cough and initiation of treatment. METHODS A systematic review of 58 studies addressing delay i...

Diagnostic delay frequently occurs in Crohn's disease (CD) patients because of diagnostic limitations. However, diagnostic delay and its related factors remain poorly defined. Therefore, we aimed to identify the predictors associated with diagnostic delay and to evaluate the impact of diagnostic delay on clinical course in a Korean CD patient cohort. We performed a multicenter retrospective ana...

The process of case-finding was studied in 100 consecutive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated by the Chest Clinic, Penang Hospital. The median time from the onset of the illness until the initial medical consultation was two weeks (patient's delay). This delay was longer in males, patients with lower than secondary education and drug abusers. Only 47% of patients were put on treatment...

Objective. Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) are frequently misdiagnosed and patients often receive anti-inflammatory drugs for their back pain. We studied the impact of these medications. Methods. We performed a prospective study enrolling patients with PVO and categorized them depending on their drugs intake. Then, we compared diagnosis delay, clinical presentation at hospitalization, in...

We investigated delay in diagnosing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The median time from initial symptom to diagnosis was 74 days (range 1-1643) in 111 PML patients seen at our institution from 1993 to 2015. Another diagnosis was considered before PML in nearly two-thirds, and more than three-quarters of patients suffered from diagnostic delay greater than 1 month, irrespectiv...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the patterns of care relating to the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including the use of modern diagnostic techniques such as flow cytometry. METHODS The authors used the SEER-Medicare database to identify subjects diagnosed with CLL from 1992 to 2002 and defined diagnostic delay as present when the number of days between the first claim for ...