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International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Disease Severity Scales

6 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

The levels in this new diabetic retinopathy disease severity scale consist of five scales with increasing risks of retinopathy.
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Clinical Criteria for Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders in Acute Stroke

6 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

A DNR order may be written any time that two of the following clinical criteria are present and the prognosis has become clear for and shared whenever possible between physician(s), patient, and family (or appropriate surrogate).

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Criteria for Chronic Respiratory Failure in Infants and Children

6 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Criteria for Chronic Respiratory Failure due to Cardiopulmonary Disorders in Infants and Children

Clinical criteria

• Decreased inspiratory breath sounds
• Increased retractions, use of accessory muscles
• Cyanosis breathing room air
• Decreased level of normal activity/function
• Poor weight gain (mass) (IMPORTANT)

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RIFLE Criteria for Acute Renal Dysfunction

6 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

RIFLE, a newly developed international consensus classification for acute kidney injury, defines three grades of severity
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Indications for Percutaneous Renal Biopsy

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Indications for percutaneous needle biopsy include

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ROME II Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Disorders of the Anus and Rectum

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

The diagnosis of a Functional Disorder of the Anus and Rectum always presumes the absence of a structural or biochemical explanation for the symptoms.

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CDC Diagnostic Criteria for Psittacosis (Ornithosis)

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

1996 Case Definition

Clinical description

An illness characterized by fever, chills, headache, photophobia, cough, and myalgia

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Staging of Prostate Cancer

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

The Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) System

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Diagnostic Criteria for Preeclampsia

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Preeclampsia: For the diagnosis of preeclampsia, both hypertension and proteinuria must be present.

• Blood pressure: 140 mm Hg or higher systolic or 90 mm Hg or higher diastolic after 20 weeks of gestation in a woman with previously normal blood pressure. Systolic increased > 30 mm Hg or diastolic increased > 15 mm Hg in a patient with preexisting chronic hypertension.
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Diagnostic Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

5 March, 2009 Guillermo Firman

There is no universally agreed upon or thoroughly validated set of criteria for the diagnosis of PMR. In the absence of any pathognomonic test, we use the following three criteria for the clinical diagnosis of PMR(1,2):

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