ACR classification criteria for SLE: A logical analysis. Are “diagnostic” criteria required?

Classification and Diagnostic Criteria

Diabetes mellitus comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by high blood glucose levels. Four major types of diabetes have been defined: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and diabetes secondary to other conditions. IDDM characteristically presents with prominent diabetes symptoms an...

ACR appropriateness criteria jaundice.

A fundamental consideration in the workup of a jaundiced patient is the pretest probability of mechanical obstruction. Ultrasound is the first-line modality to exclude biliary tract obstruction. When mechanical obstruction is present, additional imaging with CT or MRI can clarify etiology, define level of obstruction, stage disease, and guide intervention. When mechanical obstruction is absent,...

2010 ACR-EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) myelopathy.

Myelopathy is a problem that requires imaging to distinguish among numerous specifically treatable causes. The first priority is to determine mechanical stability after trauma. Next, it is crucial to distinguish intrinsic disease from extrinsic compression-for example, by epidural abscess. Osteophytes or disc extrusions and metastatic compression are the most common causes of extrinsic lesions....

[Left ventricular hypertrabeculation or noncompaction: are new diagnostic criteria required?].

not be established. The early and late phases of gadolinium enhancement (Figure 3) were normal. In 68% of all post mortems and in recent studies using CMR, limited areas of noncompacted myocardium have been found in normal hearts and in patients with heart diseases, such as HCM, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and even hypertensive cardiomyopathy. Of note in this case was the considerable diagnos...