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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... Induration cutoff ... patients Induration cutoff ... users Induration cutoff
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Women have lower cutoffs ... Aorta #Vascular #Treatment
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 ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
screening tool using cutoff ... ) on room air Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
Aside from the cutoffs ... important to know the cutoffs
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
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff
Algorithm for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI). The standard cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) may be
StimulationTest #Algorithm #Cutoffs
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
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Stimulation - Cutoffs