Tag: IAGN
New Definition of Obesity Led to Increased Prevalence of Obesity
Prevalence increased to 68.6 percent with new criteria, which include anthropometric measures such as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio
Challenges Seen in Diagnosing UTI in Children With Neurogenic Bladder
Less than half of children with neurogenic bladder diagnosed with febrile UTI in the ED met a commonly recommended definition for UTI
Incidence of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Rose From 2012 to 2021
Authors say that because survival after seven years is lower, more early detection strategies are needed
Rise in Early-Onset Cancer Not Linked to Rise in Clinically Meaningful Cancer Occurrence
Stable or declining mortality alongside increasing diagnoses for many cancers suggests that trend is due to increased detection
Robot-Assisted Bronchoscope Reaches Difficult-to-Reach Lung Tumors
Robotic-assisted bronchoscope achieves diagnostic yield more than three times higher than conventional bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions
Consistent Link Seen Between Prodromal Symptoms, MS Risk
MS cases more likely to have coded autonomic, cognitive, neurological, pain, psychiatric symptoms in the five years preceding diagnosis
AAP: Routine Asthma Symptom Screening Improves Pediatric Diagnoses
High prevalence of poor housing quality seen in children diagnosed with asthma and even higher prevalence seen in those with underdiagnosed asthma
Artificial Intelligence Tool Can Differentiate Glioblastomas From CNS Lymphoma
Results were validated in five independent cohorts, with AUROCs ranging from 0.924 to 0.996
Adding Molecular Breast Imaging to DBT Beneficial for Dense Breasts
Adding MBI to digital breast tomosynthesis provided incremental cancer detection rates of 6.7 and 3.5 percent at year 1 and year 2, respectively
Evidence Insufficient to Determine Benefits of Multicancer Screening Tests
Sensitivity ranged from 0.095 to 0.998; specificity from 0.657 to 1.0; AUC from 0.52 to 1.0 across tests