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Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis ... Aside from the cutoffs ... for diabetes diagnosis ... important to know the cutoffs ... for prediabetes diagnosis
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
treatment Induration cutoff ... patients Induration cutoff ... users Induration cutoff ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

Criteria:
• New ST-segment elevation at the J point in 2 contiguous leads
leads with the cutoff ... leads V2-V3 the cutoff ... Infarction #STEMI #diagnosis
Algorithm for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI). The standard cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) may be
Algorithm for the diagnosis ... adrenocorticotropic hormone #Diagnosis ... StimulationTest #Algorithm #Cutoffs
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
 -
Insufficiency Diagnosis ... Stimulation - Cutoffs ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... The diagnostic workup ... calcium-creatinine ratio cutoff ... to conclusively diagnose ... #Diagnosis #Hypercalcemia
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
consensus on definite cutoff ... velocity (TRV) - Cutoff ... for definitive diagnosis ... Diagnostic criteria ... #Hypertension #diagnosis
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Diagnosis Adrenal ... though some use a cutoff ... lower, you have diagnosed ... Insufficiency #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Prior Fever in a Returning Traveler – PEARLs
Remember that in any returning traveler with a fever
chart below) #Diagnosis ... Fever #Traveler #Cutoff