Disease staging: CliniCal anD CoDeD Criteria - HCUP

Aspartate aminotransferase, serum (AST):
Increased:
Male ≥ 46 U/L [chemistry report]
Female ≥ 41 U/L [chemistry report]
Reference ranges: Male 15 - 40 U/L
Female 13 - 35 U/L
AST: See Aspartate aminotransferase
Azotemia:
Serum Urea Nitrogen ≥ 24 mg/dL [chemistry report]
Reference range 6 - 20 mg/dL [chemistry report]
Bacteremia:
Blood culture reports growth of bacterial organism [blood culture report after 48
hours]
Band neutrophils:
Increased:
White ≥ 1250/μL [CBC report]
Black ≥ 750/μL [CBC report]
Reference ranges: White 0 - 1000/μL
Black 0 - 600/μL
Deleted:
Bleeding:
Hemoglobin decreases > 1g/dL in 8 hours [CBC report]
OR > 500 mL blood loss
Blindness:
Visual acuity ≤ 20/200 Snellen notation, in one or both eyes
Bradycardia:
Resting heart rate ≤60/min
Bundle branch block: See Cardiac conduction abnormalities
Cachexia:
Body weight < 85% of ideal body weight
Cardiac output (CO):
Decreased: < 4 L/min/1.73 m 2
Reference range: 2.5 - 3.6 L/min/m 2
4.33 - 6.23 L/min/1.73 m 2
[Doppler echocardiography, radionuclide ventriculography or indicator dilution test
during cardiac catheterization]
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