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AI shows promise detecting TB in Zambia

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“AI can triage for active pulmonary TB with non-inferior performance to radiologists and detect differential diagnoses, indicating potential to aid cost effective TB screening,” said presenter Nsala Sanjase, a research fellow at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, in a session held November 30. In 2021, 1.6

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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

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ATS and CDC criteria to diagnose VAP are still inferior to lung histopathology, which was not used in this study. Baseline chest X-ray before randomization was not part of study protocol, so pneumonia prior to VAP diagnosis possible. DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(23)00471-x From NLM. Lancet Respir Med 2024. Kalanuria, A.