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Hearing Screening in Private Family Practice Medicine Using Tablet Applications [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. Among the screened patients, 161 (74%) had negative test results, while 59 (27%) had positive results indicating hearing loss.

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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

HTA organizations are generally funded by governments, they guide health care professionals and decision/policy-makers, and they publish knowledge translation products such as guidelines. Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Health organization outcomes.

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Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Therefore, electrocardiography (ECG) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are often used as diagnostic tests by general practitioners (GPs), however their diagnostic accuracy in breast cancer survivors remains unclear. For NT-proBNP, a sensitivity of 50.9% and a specificity of 66.6% were found.