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Diagnostic Criteria for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

26 February, 2009

Necrotizing enterocolitis is among the most common and devastating diseases in neonates. The excessive inflammatory process initiated in the highly immunoreactive intestine in necrotizing enterocolitis extends the effects of the disease systemically, affecting distant organs such as the brain and placing affected infants at substantially increased risk for neurodevelopmental delays.
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Appropriate Indications for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (UGE)

26 February, 2009

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is a standard technique that provides direct visualization of the gastrointestinal tract from the esophagus through the stomach, duodenal bulb, and descending duodenum.
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Modified Duke Criteria for the Clinical Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis (IE)

26 February, 2009

The diagnosis of infective endocarditis is generally based on clinical, microbiologic, and echocardiographic findings. The Duke criteria have sensitivity and specificity of more than 80% and are the reference criteria for diagnosis.

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Light Criteria for Exudative Pleural Effusion

26 February, 2009
Transudative and exudative pleural effusions are distinguished by measuring the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and protein levels in the pleural fluid. Exudative pleural effusions meet at least one of the following criteria, whereas transudative pleural effusions meet none:
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Diagnostic Criteria for Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

26 February, 2009

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a syndrome of inflammation and increased permeability associated with a constellation of clinical, radiologic, and physiologic abnormalities unexplained by elevations in left atrial or pulmonary capillary pressure.

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Diagnostic Criteria for Diastolic Heart Failure

26 February, 2009

Diastolic heart failure is defined as a condition caused by increased resistance to the filling of one or both ventricles; this leads to symptoms of congestion from the inappropriate upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation.

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Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

26 February, 2009

Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus

  1. 50-g oral glucose load, administered between the 24th and 28th weeks, without regard to time of day or time of last meal. Universal blood glucose screening is indicated for patients who are of Hispanic, African, Native American, South or East Asian, Pacific Island, or Indigenous Australian ancestry. Other patients who have no known diabetes in first-degree relatives, are under 25 years of age, have normal weight before pregnancy, and have no history of abnormal glucose metabolism or poor obstetric outcome do not require routine screening.
  2. Venous plasma glucose measure 1 hour later.
  3. Value of 130 mg/dL (7.2 mmol/L) or above in venous plasma indicates the need for a full diagnostic glucose tolerance test. Continue reading “Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)”

Criteria for the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

26 February, 2009

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of different organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels. Continue reading “Criteria for the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus”

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