The Wells Clinical Prediction Rule is a diagnostic tool used during review of systems to identify possible pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Clinical
Diagnosis, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment of Sarcoidosis
Diagnosis
- Diagnosis of sarcoidosis is firm when chest radiographic evidence is accompanied by compatible clinical features and noncaseating granulomas on biopsy, with all other causes of granulomas ruled out.
- Biopsy is indicated for all patients presumed to have sarcoidosis, except those with Löfgren’s syndrome.
International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Disease Severity Scales
The levels in this new diabetic retinopathy disease severity scale consist of five scales with increasing risks of retinopathy.
Clinical Criteria for Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders in Acute Stroke
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).
Clinical Features of Nephrotic and Nephritic Syndrome
Clinical Features of Nephrotic Syndrome
The nephrotic syndrome is a clinical complex characterized by:
- proteinuria of >3.5 g per 1.73 m2 per 24 h (in practice, >3.0 to 3.5 g per 24 h),
- hypoalbuminemia,
- edema,
- hyperlipidemia,
- lipiduria, and
- hypercoagulability.
Unexplained Fever in Young Children
Clinical and laboratory “low risk” criteria for children younger than 3 months with fever and no focus of infection
Clinical criteria
- Born at term (gestational age >/= 37 weeks)with uncomplicated nursery stay
- Previously healthy infants
- Notoxic manifestations
- No focal bacterial infection (except otitis media)
Modified Duke Criteria for the Clinical Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis (IE)
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.
Clinical Conditions Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
DIC represents a continuum in clinical-pathological severity, characterised by the increasing loss of localisation or compensated control in intravascular activation of coagulation.