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Disease staging: CliniCal anD CoDeD Criteria - HCUP

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Rheumatoid arthritis:<br />

Five of the following criteria of the American Rheumatism Association are<br />

necessary for diagnosis:<br />

History of morning stiffness > 6 weeks<br />

Pain on motion or tenderness in one joint, as observed by physician, > 6<br />

weeks<br />

Swelling of one other joint > 6 weeks<br />

AND any interval of joint free symptoms > 3 months<br />

Symmetrical bilateral joint swelling, except the terminal phalangeal joints ><br />

6 weeks<br />

Subcutaneous nodules<br />

Rheumatoid arthritis on x-ray [x-ray report of any joints]<br />

Rheumatoid factor titer > 1:160 [chemistry report]<br />

Poor mucin synovial clot<br />

Synovial WBC ≥ 2000 cells/μL [cell count report]<br />

AND No crystals<br />

Rheumatoid arthritis on biopsy [synovial biopsy report]<br />

Salicylate intoxication:<br />

Therapeutic range: < 20 mg/dL<br />

Toxic range: 30 - 60 mg/dL [chemistry report]<br />

Lethal range: > 60 mg/dL [chemistry report]<br />

Sarcoidosis:<br />

Sarcoidosis [Pathology report]<br />

Schistosomiasis:<br />

Three major species are: Schistosoma haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum.<br />

Demonstration of eggs in the feces [Parasitology report]<br />

G-29

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