 Point-of-Care Testing
"Point-of-Care Testing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Allows patient diagnoses in the physician’s office, in other ambulatory setting or at bedside. The results of care are timely, and allow rapid treatment to the patient. (from NIH Fact Sheet Point-of-Care Diagnostic Testing, 2010.)
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D000067716
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.874.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Point-of-Care Testing- Point-of-Care Testing
- Point-of-Care Testings
- Testing, Point-of-Care
- Testings, Point-of-Care
- Point of Care Testing
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Point-of-Care Testing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Point-of-Care Testing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Point-of-Care Testing" by people in Profiles.
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Wexler C, Maloba M, Goggin K, Kale SB, Maosa N, Muchoki E, Brown M, Gautney B, Finocchario-Kessler S. ART Initiation for Infants Diagnosed With HIV Through Point of Care and Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing in Kenya: A Case Series. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 04 01; 40(4):e151-e153.
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Macharia LW, Wexler C, Brown M, Maloba M, Pricilla RA, Mabachi NM, Muchoki E, Babu S, Ochieng M, Gautney B, Goggin K, Finocchario-Kessler S. Implementation planning for community-based point-of-care HIV testing for infants: Recommendations from community leaders in Kenya. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240476.
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Wexler C, Nazir N, Maloba M, Brown M, Goggin K, Gautney B, Maosa N, Babu S, Muchoki E, Mabachi N, Lwembe R, Finocchario-Kessler S. Programmatic evaluation of feasibility and efficiency of at birth and 6-week, point of care HIV testing in Kenyan infant. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240621.
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Kanwar N, Michael J, Doran K, Montgomery E, Selvarangan R. Comparison of the ID Now Influenza A & B 2, Cobas Influenza A/B, and Xpert Xpress Flu Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Influenza A/B Virus Detection in Children. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 02 24; 58(3).
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Wexler C, Kamau Y, Halder R, Brown M, Maloba M, Mabachi N, Sandbulte M, Gautney B, Goggin K, Odeny T, Finocchario-Kessler S. "Closing the Gap": Provider Recommendations for Implementing Birth Point of Care HIV Testing. AIDS Behav. 2019 Apr; 23(4):1073-1083.
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Hassan F, Crawford J, Bonner AB, Ledeboer NA, Selvarangan R. Multicenter evaluation of the Alere? i influenza A&B assay using respiratory specimens collected in viral transport media. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Dec; 92(4):294-298.
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