Medical diagnosis

Process to identify a disease or disorder

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We include updates on CT scan, Electrocardiography, Blood sugar level, C-reactive protein, Lumbar puncture, Electroencephalography, Comorbidity, Valsalva maneuver, Holter monitor, Glasgow Coma Scale, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Apgar score, ELISA, Pap test, Cardiac stress test, QRS complex ... and more.

2022
Martha Mitchell effect
Netflix released 'The Martha Mitchell Effect', a documentary exploring her experiences and role in the Watergate scandal.
2021
Geneva score
The Revised Geneva Score was re-evaluated specifically for pregnant women, with modifications to items and threshold values to better account for the physiologic changes during pregnancy. This resulted in the Pregnancy Adapted Geneva (PAG) score, which showed an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.795 in discriminating pulmonary embolism risk in pregnant patients.
2018
Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
McDonald criteria for multiple sclerosis diagnosis were revised, establishing current diagnostic standards based on MRI detection of demyelinating lesions distributed in space and time.
2017
Martha Mitchell effect
Additional evidence supporting Martha Mitchell's historical claims was published in a Newsweek article about a U.S. ambassador's appointment.

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