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  2. Procalcitonin - Wikipedia

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    PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the ED [26] [27] COPD exacerbation: RCT 0.1-0. 5 PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the ED and hospital [26] [27] [28] Endocarditis: observational 2.3 PCT is an independent predictor with high diagnostic accuracy for acute endocarditis [29] [30] Meningitis ...

  3. Prism cover test - Wikipedia

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    The prism cover test (PCT) is an objective measurement and the gold standard in measuring strabismus, i.e. ocular misalignment, or a deviation of the eye. [1] It is used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists, and optometrists in order to measure the vertical and horizontal deviation and includes both manifest and latent components. [1]

  4. Pragmatic clinical trial - Wikipedia

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    A pragmatic clinical trial (PCT), sometimes called a practical clinical trial (PCT), [1] is a clinical trial that focuses on correlation between treatments and outcomes in real-world health system practice rather than focusing on proving causative explanations for outcomes, which requires extensive deconfounding with inclusion and exclusion criteria so strict that they risk rendering the trial ...

  5. PCT - Wikipedia

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    Patient care technician; Person-centered therapy; Porphyria cutanea tarda, the most common subtype of porphyria; Postcoital test, for infertility; Post-coital tristesse; Pragmatic clinical trial; Primary care trusts, UK NHS bodies 2001–2013; Procalcitonin, a precursor of the hormone calcitonin; Progestogen challenge test; Proximal convoluted ...

  6. List of medical abbreviations: P - Wikipedia

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    PCT: progesterone challenge test Patient care technician: PCV: packed cell volume (see hematocrit) polycythemia vera: PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure: PD: Parkinson's disease paroxysmal dyskinesia peritoneal dialysis physical diagnosis personality disorder program director PDA: patent ductus arteriosus posterior descending artery: PDD

  7. Postcoital test - Wikipedia

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    The postcoital test (PCT), also known as the Sims test, Hühner test ,Sims–Hühner test, or cervical mucous penetration assay is a test in the evaluation of infertility. The test examines interaction between sperm and mucus of the cervix .

  8. William T. Powers - Wikipedia

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    William T. Powers (August 29, 1926 – May 24, 2013) was a medical physicist and an independent scholar of experimental and theoretical psychology [1] [2] [3] who developed the perceptual control theory (PCT) model of behavior as the control of perception.

  9. Healthcare technician - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare technicians or HCT are also known as Patient Care Technician (PCT) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). HCTs' objectives are to provide basic nursing care, use communication skills to assist patients in adapting to common health problems, provide continuity of care, demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for learning purposes, and ...