Validation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recording in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD-GOLD) by John R Hurst, Jennifer K Quint, Hana Müllerova, Liam Smeeth, Harriet Forbes, Susan Eaton, Rachael L DiSantostefano, Kourtney Davis

“…Algorithms without specific diagnostic codes had low PPVs (range 12.2–44.4%).Conclusions Patients with COPD can be accurately identified from UK primary care records using specific diagnostic codes. …”
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Potentiation of Doxorubicin Cytotoxicity Utilizing Clarithromycin Loaded-PEGylated Liposomes by Islam Alfreahat MS, Hamdi Nsairat PhD, Ibrahim Deeb Aldeeb PhD, Ali Al-Samydai PhD, Walhan Alshaer PhD

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Pitfalls in the Radiological Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by GP LeBrun

“…In addition, newer modalities such as ultrasound, computed tomography scanning, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine have been added to the diagnostic armamentarium. In spite of this the patient with IBD often presents a diagnostic dilemma as these conditions may mimic, and be mimicked by, other diseases. …”
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Echocardiography in acute critical care in cardiology by N.D. Oryshchyn

“…Diagnostic opportunities of echocardiography in the acute cardiac care are reviewed. …”
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Bye-bye muscle biopsy, we have autoantibodies with us now by Victoria Riddell, Sarah L Tansley

“…Muscle biopsy is generally considered the gold standard diagnostic tool for patients with presenting with features suggestive of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. …”
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The Laboratory Diagnosis of Hepatitis B Virus by Mel Krajden, Gail McNabb, Martin Petric

“…Given the multitude of available tests and the complexity of clinical management, there is a critical need for greater coordination among clinicians, diagnostic laboratory personnel and researchers to define optimal laboratory diagnostic and monitoring assays so that the appropriate tests are used to maximize prevention and optimize treatment outcomes.…”
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Ultrasound Findings Suggestive of Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules Classified as Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance or Follicular Neoplasm based on the 2017 Bethesda Syste... by Heui Jin Jung, Na Lae Eun, Eun Ju Son, Jeong-Ah Kim, Ji Hyun Youk, Hye Sun Lee, Soyoung Jeon

“…These additional US findings could improve the diagnostic performance of K-TIRADS.…”
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Severe Hyperammonemia in Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency Triggered by Steroid Administration by Jordi Gascon-Bayarri, Jaume Campdelacreu, Jordi Estela, Ramon Reñé

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Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review by Stamatis Katsenos, Iosif Galinos, Panagiota Styliara, Nikoletta Galanopoulou, Konstantinos Psathakis

“…Clinical, imaging, diagnostic, and therapeutical aspects of the disease are discussed, demonstrating the paramount importance of the histological examination of lung tissue specimens in the confirmation of the infection given either its low culture yield or the limited use of new molecular diagnostic tools in routine clinical practice.…”
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Noninvasive markers of inflammatory bowel disease activity by A. V. Nikitin, L. V. Vasilyeva, Anatoly A. Matiukhin

“…Noninvasive inflammatory activity markers should be taken into account and decision-making on diagnostic and treatment strategy, as well as to decrease expensive and invasive diagnostic procedures.…”
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12q14 Microdeletions: Additional Case Series with Confirmation of a Macrocephaly Region by Adrian Mc Cormack, Cynthia Sharpe, Nerine Gregersen, Warwick Smith, Ian Hayes, Alice M. George, Donald R. Love

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Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population by Lingam Amara Swapna, Nada Tarek AlMegbil, Alhanouf Othman Almutlaq, Pradeep Koppolu

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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Lyme Carditis—A Case Series and Review of Literature by Matthew Kaczynski, Suhani Desai, Brian Osorio, Edward Hulten, Saurabh Agarwal, Michael K. Atalay, Yash Patel

“…Timely diagnosis poses a clinical challenge due to the highly variable and non-specific symptomatology that can be easily overlooked, as well as the limited availability of specific and non-invasive diagnostic tests for assessing cardiac involvement. …”
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Telediagnosis of Transbronchial Fine Needle Aspirations – A Feasibility Study by K. Kayser, G. Kayser, H. D. Becker, F. Herth

“…Aim: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of telediagnostic procedures for transbronchial fine needle aspirations. …”
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The Imaging Diagnosis of Patients with Shoulder Pain Caused by Sports Injury by Xiaoqi Dong, Lu Wang

“…Therefore, this article conducts MR imaging diagnostic research on patients with shoulder pain caused by sports injuries and plays an important role in imaging. …”
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A Brief Review on Diagnosis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease of Livestock: Conventional to Molecular Tools by Neeta Longjam, Rajib Deb, A. K. Sarmah, Tilling Tayo, V. B. Awachat, V. K. Saxena

“…Effective control of this disease needs sensitive, specific, and quick diagnostic tools at each tier of control strategy. In this paper we have outlined various diagnostic approaches from old to new generation in a nutshell. …”
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Stratification of Anatomical Imaging Features Between High-Risk and Non-High-Risk Groups in Neuroblastoma by Haoru Wang MD, Xin Chen MD, Ling He MD, Jinhua Cai MD, PhD

“…It also assessed the diagnostic performance of these features in identifying the high-risk group. …”
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Current Evidence on Atypical Odontalgia: Diagnosis and Clinical Management by Yoshihiro Abiko, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Itsuo Chiba, Akira Toyofuku

“…Patients with atypical odontalgia (AO) complain of medically unexplained toothache. No evidence-based diagnostic criteria or treatment guidelines are yet available. …”
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Current applications and challenges in large language models for patient care: a systematic review by Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Christopher Rueger, Elon HC van Dijk, Rawen Kader, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marcus R. Makowski, Luca Saba, Martin Hadamitzky, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Daniel Truhn, Renato Cuocolo, Lisa C. Adams, Keno K. Bressem

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Genotyping of potato samples from the GenAgro ICG SB RAS collection using DNA markers of genes conferring resistance to phytopathogens by I. V. Totsky, I. V. Rozanova, A. D. Safonova, A. S. Batov, Yu. A. Gureeva, E. K. Khlestkina, A. V. Kochetov

“…Only the 57R marker had a high level of correlation (Spearman R = 0.722008, p = 0.000000, p < 0.05) between resistance and the presence of a diagnostic fragment. The diagnostic efficiency of the 57R marker was 86.11 %. …”
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