scholarly journals Medical And Legal Reasons Of Compulsory PCRTest Implementation in Covid-19 With Ethical Assessment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağatay Üstün ◽  
Gülsün Ayhan Aygörmez ◽  
Seçil Özçiftçi ◽  
Mehmet Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Ethical Assessment ◽  
The World ◽  
Reaction Test ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Pcr Test

COVID-19 disease, which emerged in December 2019, affected the world in a short time. A pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the increasing number of cases approximately 3 months after the first cases appeared. As every country has different strategic applications in the fight against disease, the disease has been dealt with thanks to the necessary interventions and measures since the fact that the facts have been observed in our country. The basis of the measures taken is to reduce the risk of transmission, rapid detection of the infected person and isolation measures. For this reason, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test is performed in early diagnosis and definitive diagnosis. However, whether the PCR test is applied to each individual, does not want to have the test performed, demanding another diagnostic method, etc. Situations such as are encountered. In this direction, it was aimed to evaluate the medical and legal justifications of PCR test in terms of ethics.

scholarly journals Factors predicting readmission in patients with COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nematshahi ◽  
Davood Soroosh ◽  
Mahboubeh Neamatshahi ◽  
Fahimeh Attarian ◽  
Faeze Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Readmission Rate ◽  
Underlying Disease ◽  
World Health ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Discharged Patients ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Age Over 60

Abstract Objective COVID-19 has been introduced by the World Health Organization as a health emergency worldwide. Up to 9% of the patients with COVID-19 may be readmitted by 2 months after discharge. This study aimed to estimate the readmission rate and identify main risk factors for readmission in these patients. In this prospective study, 416 discharged COVID patients followed up with a minimum 1 month and the readmission rate was recorded. Evaluated characteristics included time of readmission, age and sex, main symptoms of disease, result of computed tomography scan, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test and treatment modalities. Results Regarding readmission, 51 patients of 416 discharged patients, was readmitted during the study period. The rate of readmission for 30 and 60 days after discharge was 7.6% and 8.1%, respectively. The median age of the readmitted patients was 67 years (IQR: 53–78). About 65% of readmitted patients had underlying disease. The most significant factor in readmission rate was related to the site of lung involvement (OR > 4). Age over 60 years, underlying disease especially diabetes (OR = 3.43), high creatinine level (≥ to 1.2 mg/dl) (OR = 2.15) were the most important predictors of readmission.

scholarly journals Clinical Evaluation of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Tuberculosis

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 855-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Osores ◽  
Oscar Nolasco ◽  
Kristien Verdonck ◽  
Jorge Arevalo ◽  
Juan Carlos Ferrufino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Reaction Test ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Lymph Node Tuberculosis ◽  
Chain Reaction Test

Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Direct Detection of Brucella spp. in Milk and Cheese

2001 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. TANTILLO ◽  
A. DI PINTO ◽  
A. VERGARA ◽  
C. BUONAVOGLIA
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Test ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Sheep Milk ◽  
Reaction Test ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Quality Of Milk ◽  
Chain Reaction Test

A polymerase chain reaction test was developed to detect Brucella spp. directly in milk and cheese and optimized using primers for the BSCP-31 gene. A total of 46 cheese samples produced with sheep and goats milk were assayed, and Brucella spp. was detected in 46% of them, especially in cheese made from sheep milk. This method is of remarkable epidemiologic interest because it is an indirect test indicating the sanitary quality of milk used in dairy industries. The method showed good sensitivity and specificity. It is faster and less expensive than the conventional bacteriological assays.

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