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ICSD Revised Classification of Adult Insomnia

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Saturday February 28th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

Primary Insomnia

Idiopathic insomnia: Insomnia arising in infancy or childhood with a persistent, unremitting course
Psychophysiologic insomnia: Insomnia due to a maladaptive conditioned response in which the patient learns to associate the bed environment with heightened arousal rather than sleep; onset often associated with an event causing acute insomnia, with the sleep disturbance persisting despite resolution of the precipitating factor
Paradoxical insomnia (sleep-state misperception): Insomnia characterized by a marked mismatch between the patient’s description of sleep duration and objective polysomnographic findings
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Revised Jones Criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Thursday February 26th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

A firm diagnosis requires that two major or one major and two minor criteria are satisfied, in addition to evidence of recent streptococcal infection.

Revised Criteria for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome)

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Wednesday February 25th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

Amsterdam Criteria (1991)

Three or more relatives with colorectal cancer, plus all of the following:

One affected patient should be a first-degree relative of the other two;
Colorectal cancer should involve at least two generations;
At least one case of colorectal cancer should have been diagnosed before the age of 50 years.

ESPGHAN Revised Criteria for the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (CD)

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Tuesday February 24th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

Celiac disease (CD) is a syndrome characterized by damage of the small intestinal mucosa caused by the gliadin fraction of wheat gluten and similar alcohol-soluble proteins (prolamines) of barley and rye in genetically susceptible subjects.

Revised ARA Criteria for the Classification of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Friday February 20th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

For classification purposes, a patient is said to have RA if he or she has satisfied at least 4 of the following 7 criteria. Criteria 1 through 4 must have been present for at least 6 weeks. Patients with 2 clinical diagnoses are not excluded. Designation as classic, definite, or probable RA is not to be made.

1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded AIDS Surveillance Case Definition for Adolescents and Adults

Wednesday May 14th, 2025Thursday February 19th, 2009 by Guillermo Firman

CDC has revised the classification system for HIV infection to emphasize the clinical importance of the CD4+ T-lymphocyte count in the categorization of HIV-related clinical conditions.