Use of artificial intelligence-guided echocardiography to detect cardiac dysfunction and heart valve disease in rural and remote areas: Rationale and design of the AGILE-echo trial.

Background: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is essential in the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including but not limited to heart failure (HF) and heart valve disease (HVD). However, its dependence on expert acquisition means that its accessibility in rural areas may be limited, leading to delayed management decisions and potential missed diagnoses. Artificial intelligence-guided (AI)-TTE offers a solution by permitting non-expert image acquisition.

An algorithm for the clinical differentiation of malaria and typhoid: a preliminary communication.

The objective of this study was to determine which clinical features of typhoid and malaria are most helpful in distinguishing the two diseases among Papua New Guinean highlanders. In a study of 35 patients with culture-positive typhoid and 49 with blood-slide-positive malaria (Group 1), the odds of typhoid were increased most in patients with altered bowel habit, an illness of more than 2 week's duration, tremor or the presence of typhoid facies. The odds of typhoid were lowest in patients with pallor or jaundice.