DIC represents a continuum in clinical-pathological severity, characterised by the increasing loss of localisation or compensated control in intravascular activation of coagulation.
Diagnostic Criteria for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a condition in which small blood clots develop throughout the bloodstream, blocking small blood vessels. The increased clotting depletes the platelets and clotting factors needed to control bleeding, causing excessive bleeding.
ACR Criteria for the Classification of Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS)
American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS). Classified as CSS if at least four of six criteria are present
ATP III Classification of LDL, Total, HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides
ATP III Classification of LDL, Total, HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides (mg/dL)
ROME II Diagnostic Criteria for Childhood Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
The diagnosis of a Childhood Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder always presumes the absence of a structural or biochemical explanation for the symptoms.
G1.Vomiting
G1a. Infant Regurgitation
Names and definitions of vasculitis adopted by the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference
Names and definitions of vasculitis adopted by the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the nomenclature of systemic vasculitis
ESPGHAN Revised Criteria for the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease (CD)
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.
Cardiovascular Major Risk Factors
Cardiovascular Major Risk Factors
DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Bulimia Nervosa
A. Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
- Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances.
- A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).
Diagnostic Criteria of Hemorrhage in MRI of the Brain
The imaging characteristics of blood on MRI can be variable: