Sentences with phrase «standard diagnostic approach»

For this reason, the standard diagnostic approach, he says, is «exclusionary» — it attempts to rule out these other conditions.

Not exact matches

In the new study, the researchers compared this standard of care to a screening approach where pregnant women are tested approximately monthly for malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and treated with a different drug, dihydroartemisinin - piperaquine (DP) only if they test positive for the parasite.

Detection can be performed using standard laboratory microscopes, making this approach highly attractive for use in point - of - care diagnostics,» explained Prof Zhang.

Countless patients with hypothyroid symptoms are dismissed because their lab values don't fit within the narrow diagnostic criteria established by standard thyroid panels; others are given prescriptions for thyroid hormone replacement, a blanket approach that fails to address the underlying causes of hypothyroidism.

Psychologists have several standard approaches to defining abnormality for diagnostic purposes.