Tag: ODTE
Lower Eosinophil Count Linked to Mortality in Patients With Acute COPD Exacerbation in ICU
Researcher says incorporating eosinophil counts into ICU triage or management protocols may help identify high-risk patients more accurately
2015 to 2024 Saw Increase in Testing for Lipoprotein(a)
Increase reported in annual number of tested patients and percentage of total patient population tested, reaching 0.24 percent in 2024
Hospitals Vary in Their Definition of Blood Culture Contamination
However, BCC rates similar by College of American Pathologists and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute criteria
Follow-Up on Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Results Is Low
Just under half of patients receiving an abnormal blood test have follow-up colonoscopy in the short term
Circulating Tumor DNA Can Be Detected Several Years Before Cancer Diagnosis
Same mutations detected by the multicancer early detection test at index time point could be ID'd at 8.6- to 79-fold lower mutant allele fractions
Blood-Based Screening Has Acceptable Accuracy for Colorectal Cancer Detection
In an average-risk colorectal cancer screening population, a blood-based circulating tumor DNA test is feasible
