At-home testing with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for respiratory viruses could facilitate
early diagnosis, guide patient care, and prevent transmission. Such RDTs are best used …

Influenza vaccinations are recommended for high-risk individuals, but few population-based
strategies exist to identify individual risks. Patient-level data from unvaccinated individuals …

Introduction: Increased use of telemedicine could potentially streamline influenza diagnosis
and reduce transmission. However, telemedicine diagnoses are dependent on accurate …

Clinical judgement in primary care is more often decisive than in the hospital. Clinical
decision rules (CDRs) can help general practitioners facilitating the work-through of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the global alert level for the A (H1N1)
influenza pandemic in June 2009. However, since the beginning of the epidemic, the fight …

Pattern acknowledgment can be considered as a cycle of characterization in which the point
is to remove designs from an information set and order them into various classes. Pattern …

Introduction Despite a sensitivity of 50% to 70% the rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT)
continues to play an important role in clinical decision-making due to its quick turn-around …

Background: Sore throat is one of the most common presentations in primary care,
especially in young adults. This thesis aimed to further research in the area of improving the …

This issue of the JABFM features research on a broad array of clinical topics. The topics of 5
articles involve controlled substances, including a sobering article on the risks of …

Pattern acknowledgment can be considered as a cycle of characterization in which the point
is to remove designs from an information set and order them into various classes. Pattern …