Publications by authors named "Agnes Ziobrowska-Bech"
Analyte stability in whole blood using experimental and datamining approaches.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest
April 2022
The analytical stability of laboratory tests relies mostly on internal and external quality control procedures. Summarized patient data has in several studies been shown to be a good supplement for monitoring analytical stability. In our present investigation, we evaluate a datamining method for retrospective evaluation and assessment of analyte stability in whole blood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe GAD65 and IA-2 antibodies (Abs) are biomarkers of the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in both children and adults. The upper reference limit for the autoantibodies made by the manufacture was established on an adult Chinese population. Here, we established upper reference limits for Northern European adults and children in accordance with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.
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- Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition in pregnant women where healthy bacteria in the vagina change, which can lead to possible complications.
- Studies show BV is found in 7-30% of pregnant women, and there might be a link to early delivery, but it's unclear if treating BV helps prevent this.
- The research found that using certain treatments (metronidazole and clindamycin) probably doesn't help reduce the chance of early delivery in pregnant women with BV.
Based on demands from The Danish Healthcare Quality Programme (DDKM), that all patients must have a medical review performed, a risk scoring tool has been developed. The purpose of this tool is to differentiate patients in three groups to assure that necessary resources are allocated to patients having most complications. The scoring tool has now been used in more than 5,000 adult psychiatric patients in Central Denmark Region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an autoinflammatory disease with unpredictable, painful courses of osteolytic lesions in the bones. CNO is frequently associated with psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease. In cases with multifocal lesions the term chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is preferably used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To compare clinical characteristics of children with chronic non-infectious osteomyelitis (CNO) with either mono- or multifocal bone lesions, and to report potential advantages of using whole-body MRI.
Methods: A retrospective evaluation of 31 children (19 girls, 12 boys) diagnosed with CNO between 2001 and 2011. CNO was diagnosed as mono-, or multifocal inflammatory bone lesions (osteomyelitis, osteitis, osteosclerosis), duration of complaints more than 6 weeks and exclusion of infection and malignancy.