Diagnostic conundrums of hypoganglionosis that may delay timely, optimal treatment

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of isolated hypoganglionosis.

BACKGROUND Some patients suspected with Hirschsprung's disease (HD), however, were diagnosed as having isolated hypoganglionosis according to the updated pathohistologic methods. This study was undertaken to investigate the diagnostic methods and the therapeutic results of isolated hypoganglionosis in children. METHODS A retrospective analysis was made on 17 patients with isolated hypoganglio...

Treatment delay in myocardial infarction: a timely topic.

Diagnostic and Treatment Delay and Associated Factors in Patients with Tuberculosis in Sistan, Iran

Background and purpose: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients with positive sputum is a main reason for spread of the disease. The present study aimed at investigating delayed diagnosis and treatment of patients with positive tuberculosis in Sistan, Iran. Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 384 patients with positive smear tuberculosis...

Developmental delay timely identification and assessment.

This paper outlines the prevalence of developmental delay in children and discusses the recent literature regarding the benefits of early identification and evidence based strategies for developmental surveillance and screening. We describe a systematic approach to the child with developmental delay and the optimal methodology for arriving at the etiologic basis for the delay. A review of the m...

Timely Diagnostic Feedback for Database Concept Learning

To efficiently learn database concepts, this work adopts association rules to provide diagnostic feedback for drawing an Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD). Using association rules and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) techniques, this work implements a novel Web-based Timely Diagnosis System (WTDS), which provides timely diagnostic feedback whenever a learner encounters hurdles when learni...