81 AP, AS: Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland; MK: Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Address correspondence to Dr Matti Kiupel, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, College ...

BACKGROUND The application of epidemiologic principles to clinical diagnosis has been less developed than in other clinical areas. Knowledge of the main flaws affecting diagnostic laboratory test research is the first step for improving its quality. We assessed the methodologic aspects of articles on laboratory tests. METHODS We included articles that estimated indexes of diagnostic accuracy ...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic errors occur frequently in daily clinical practice and put patients' safety at risk. There is an urgent need to improve education on clinical reasoning to reduce diagnostic errors. However, little is known about diagnostic errors of medical students. In this study, the nature of the causes of diagnostic errors made by medical students was analyzed. METHODS In June 2016, ...

Problem of the reliability estimation of measurement methods used to medical diagnostic laboratory, given the example of blood morphology, was presented in the present paper. Measurement method was presented and statistical methods used to evaluation of measurement results were discussed.

A brief survey is provided of common designs for medical studies and important issues in their implementation. The designs discussed include those for laboratory studies, clinical trials, cohort studies, case-control and related studies, and diagnostic studies.

1 Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 3 Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University M...

1 Scientific Institute of Public Health, Directorate Public Health and Surveillance, Brussels, Belgium 2 KU Leuven, UZ Gasthuisberg, Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium 3 Scientific Institute of Public Health, Directorate Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Influenza surveillance in children:...

A questionnaire was circulated to clinical biochemistry laboratories in the North West Thames region of the United Kingdom requesting information on extralaboratory equipment. Data on the types and numbers of instruments in use, their relationship with the laboratory, and quality assurance procedures were obtained. Laboratories were prepared to maintain equipment over which they had no responsi...