A Novel Intraurethral Device Diagnostic Index to Classify Bladder Outlet Obstruction in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms by Leonardo O. Reis, Guilherme C. Barreiro, Alessandro Prudente, Cleide M. Silva, José W. M. Bassani, Carlos A. L. D'Ancona

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Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saône) : deuxième campagne de diagnostic archéologique des places du centre ancien by Sébastien Bully, Christophe Gaston

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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies: A guide to interpreting the area under the curve value by Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Gökhan Aksel

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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Branchial Cleft Cyst without a Thyroid Primary: Navigating a Diagnostic Dilemma by Douglas S. Ruhl, Mark F. Sheridan, Joseph C. Sniezek

“…Clinicians are left with a diagnostic dilemma when presented with thyroid tissue neoplasm within a neck cyst in the absence of a thyroid primary—is this a case of metastatic disease with a missed primary or rather carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue? …”
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Comprehensive analysis of cuproptosis-related genes in immune infiltration and development of a novel diagnostic model for acute kidney injury by Yajing Li, Yingxue Ding

“…Utilizing CIBERSORT algorithm, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, nomogram development, and decision curve analysis (DCA), the association among immune scores, CRGs, and the diagnostic value of these genes was explored.Results Notably, six CRGs (FDX1, DLD, DLAT, DBT, PDHA1, and ATP7A) were identified as significant differentiators between AKI and non-AKI groups. …”
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Frequency of Different Types of Diagnostic Errors in Patients with Central Nervous System Infections: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by HamidReza Naderi, Fereshte Sheybani, Omid Khosravi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi

“…Of 169 adult patients with CNS infection, 129 (76.33%) were subject to diagnostic errors. Failure in ordering tests and hypothesis generation were the most common types of diagnostic errors that accounted for more than 70% of errors. …”
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Development and Validation of a Decision-Making Stratification Algorithm to Optimize the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Staphylococcus Bacteremia by Thamer A. Almangour, Abdullah A. Alhifany, Deanne E. Tabb

“…To evaluate whether introducing rapid diagnostic testing in conjunction with implementing a stratification algorithm for testing eligibility would be an appropriate clinical and cost saving approach. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia of Patients with Ischemic Stroke by Yuetian Yu, Cheng Zhu, Chunyan Liu, Yuan Gao, Rong Yin, Jianguo Cao

“…Conclusions. sTREM-1 in EBC and BALF had good diagnostic performance in differentiating patients with and without VAP.…”
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Contrast-Enhanced CT May Be a Diagnostic Alternative for Gastroesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis with and without Previous Endoscopic Variceal Therapy by Qianqian Li, Ran Wang, Xiaozhong Guo, Hongyu Li, Xiaodong Shao, Kexin Zheng, Xiaolong Qi, Yingying Li, Xingshun Qi

“…Liver fibrosis blood tests, platelet count/spleen diameter ratio (PSR), and contrast-enhanced CT are diagnostic alternatives for gastroesophageal varices, but they have heterogeneous diagnostic performance among different study populations. …”
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Predicting breast cancer prognosis using PR and PIK3CA biomarkers: a comparative analysis of diagnostic groups by Yuting Feng, Qingzhen Song, Lei Yan, Ruoqi Li, Mengqin Yang, Peng Bu, Jing Lian

“…Moreover, ROC analysis revealed that models incorporating both PR expression and PIK3CA mutation status achieved the highest level of diagnostic precision (AUC = 0.82). Conclusion PR expression and PIK3CA mutation status are significant prognostic markers in HR+/HER2 − breast cancer patients. …”
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Mining Potential Drug Targets and Constructing Diagnostic Models for Heart Failure Based on miRNA-mRNA Networks by Xiangming Fang, Rensheng Song, Jiaxing Wei, Qin Liao, Zhenhong Zeng

“…Heart failure (HF) is a globally prevalent cardiovascular disease, but effective drug targets and diagnostic models are still lacking. This study was designed to investigate effective drug targets and diagnostic models for HF in terms of miRNA targets, hoping to contribute to the understanding and treatment of HF. …”
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Ultra-fast biparametric MRI in prostate cancer assessment: Diagnostic performance and image quality compared to conventional multiparametric MRI by Antonia M. Pausch, Vivien Filleböck, Clara Elsner, Niels J. Rupp, Daniel Eberli, Andreas M. Hötker

“…Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance and image quality of a deep-learning-assisted ultra-fast biparametric MRI (bpMRI) with the conventional multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa). …”
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An Evaluation of the Use of Serum 7-alpha-hydroxycholestenone as a Diagnostic Test of Bile Acid Malabsorption Causing Watery Diarrhea by W Gordon Brydon, Pearl Culbert, Kathleen Kingstone, Ann Jarvie, Marietta Iacucci, Merel Tenhage, Subrata Ghosh

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Editorial: Nervous regeneration and functional recovery in the central and peripheral nervous systems: diagnostic methods, gene/cell therapies, and interventions by Dipa Natarajan, Ryo Hotta, Naho Fujiwara, Silvia Perin

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A Two-Step Damage Diagnostic Approach Based on Static Strain Energy and Model-Updating via the Equilibrium Optimizer by Behrouz Safa, Asghar Rasouli, Yahya Nasira

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The Diagnostic Performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Gu A, Yuezhan Shan, Huasong Huo, Chao Ding, Caixia Sun

“…The goal of our meta-analysis was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for pancreatic cancer recurrence. …”
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Identification of Diagnostic Genes and Effective Drugs Associated with Osteoporosis Treatment by Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis and Network Pharmacology by Zhanyue Zhang, Tingbao Zhang, Liangshuang Zhou, Jianzhong Guan

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AI-Assisted Compressed Sensing Enables Faster Brain MRI for the Elderly: Image Quality and Diagnostic Equivalence with Conventional Imaging by Gu W, Yang C, Wang Y, Hu W, Wu D, Cai S, Hong G, Hu P, Zhang Q, Dai Y

“…The inter-rater reliability between the two radiologists was strong, with kappa values of 0.78, 0.74, 0.70 and 0.86 for image quality evaluation and 0.74, 0.80 and 0.70 for diagnostic performance, indicating good-to-excellent agreement in their evaluations.Conclusion: The ACS technique reduces brain MRI scan time by 29.2% while achieving higher image quality and equivalent diagnostic accuracy compared to the conventional protocol. …”
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Cytoplasmic SALL4-A isoform expression as a diagnostic marker of less aggressive tumor behavior in gastric cancer by Saeed Rahmani, Amirhesam Babajani, Maryam Abolhasani, Roya Ghods, Elham Kalantari, Zahra Madjd

“…This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic potential of SALL4-A isoform expression in GC and its clinical significance. …”
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Effectiveness of Three-dimensional Cardiac Computed Tomography Scan in Congenital Heart Surgery–An Impact on Diagnostic Performance and Surgical Management by Alok Kumar, Monalisha Ganguly, B Dhanalakshmi, Ritwik Chakrabarti, Arvind Mishra, Nikhil Tiwari

“…Conclusions: For children reported with complex CHD, it was evident that cardiac 3D CECT in selected patients was accurate, supported the primary diagnostic questions in almost all cases, and aided in optimization that further had an impact on surgical intervention and management.…”
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