Relevance of ultrasound neonatal screening of the urinary system

Abstract

The results of diagnostics of obstructive uropathies and some other congenital changes in the kidneys, which were obtained using neonatal sonographic screening for 2018 in the neonatal unit of the Third Children’s Clinic of the Slovak Medical University, are presented. The results of thisstudy were compared with statistical data from the National Centerfor Medical Information of Slovakia for 2017–2018. The disadvantages of prenatal diagnosis in different regions of the Slovak Republic, as well as some administrative disadvantages of neonatal ultrasound screening at the present time, are shown. The importance of early diagnosis of obstructive uropathy is also shown.

Machine learning classificatory as a tool in the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using diffusion tensor imaging parameters collected with 1.5T MRI scanner: A case study

“…The results of the current study are in line with the conclusions of other authors who note that SVM is a robust classification algorithm that provides high accuracy by transforming data into a high-dimensional feature space, where there is a maximum margin for class separation [31,[40][41][42]. While the accuracy of ML classifiers is lower than conventional threshold-based ROC, their usefulness is better due to the generalisation function: although the expansion of the tested group can give a significantly lower result than when using threshold-based ROC, ML classifiers can maintain their accuracy and generalisation quality, which depend only on the representativeness of the training set.…”

Efficacy and Sensitivity of Prenatal and Postnatal Ultrasound Screening of Congenital Developmental Anomalies of Kidneys in Slovakia

“…Ultrasound screening of congenital developmental anomalies in the kidneys in the newborns is the first stage in the diagnostics of serious renal diseases, the treatment of which consequently requires multidisciplinary coop-eration, in particular of paediatricians, nephrologists and urologists [1,2].…”

“…The level of prenatal screening in different regions of Slovakia varies to a large extent and there are differences among individual physicians as well [4,9]. Using the data from 2006 we know that prenatally, the suspicion of dilation was only raised in a fifth of all infants (18.5%) [1,3,5].…”

“…Postnatal ultrasound kidney screening in newborns in the Slovak Republic is a recommended, but for now not mandatory exam. However, it is performed on a country-wide basis [1,2,3]. Severe congenital developmental abnormalities of the uropoetic system in Slovakia, requiring the care of a nephrologist and urologist and often urologic intervention in infants affect approximately 3.1-3.9/1,000 infants [1,4].…”

“…However, it is performed on a country-wide basis [1,2,3]. Severe congenital developmental abnormalities of the uropoetic system in Slovakia, requiring the care of a nephrologist and urologist and often urologic intervention in infants affect approximately 3.1-3.9/1,000 infants [1,4]. More marked regional differences have been recorded, namely between eastern and western part of Slovakia.…”