Toward new classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome?

The 2016 classification criteria for primary Sjogren’s syndrome: what’s new?

New 2016 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for primary Sjogren's syndrome (SS) have been developed and endorsed by the ACR. The newly proposed criteria include simple-to-perform items.Two important points of the new criteria should be considered. Firstly, they indicate that either salivary gland biopsy or anti-Ro must be positive in order to corroborate the inflammatory and autoimmune nature of...

[New classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis].

tendenza attuale è infatti quella di identificare in fase iniziale quei casi di artrite con potenziale evolutivo rispetto a forme autolimitanti non severe, piuttosto che classificare e trattare solamente pazienti con diagnosi certa di AR (3). Per sviluppare i nuovi criteri per l’AR sono stati considerati quindi pazienti con artrite all’esordio ed è stato applicato come criterio di classificazio...

Toward empirically based criteria for the classification of somatoform disorders.

There is a major need for an empirical evaluation of classification criteria for somatoform disorders. The present study analyzes psychometric properties of the existing criteria for somatization disorder. The full sample consisted of 324 patients seeking help because of "psychosomatic problems." Data from a subsample of carefully diagnosed patients with somatization syndrome (n = 76) and a cli...

Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): Toward a New Classification Framework for Research on Mental Disorders

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: review and new classification criteria for reporting in clinical trials.

STUDY QUESTION What is an objective approach that employs measurable and reproducible physiologic changes as the basis for the classification of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in order to facilitate more accurate reporting of incidence rates within and across clinical trials? SUMMARY ANSWER The OHSS flow diagram is an objective approach that will facilitate consistent capture, class...