Criteria

Medical Criteria - U UTI CLINICAL DECISION AID: Arch Intern Med 2007; 67:2201-2206 If 2 or more criteria met, then treat without culture, otherwise culture required prior to treatment Dysuria...

Medical Criteria - T tPA: Absolute Exclusion Criteria for tPA Suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage Previous intracranial haemorrhage Cerebral infarct or severe HI within the past 3 months BP >185 mmHg systolic,...

Medical Criteria - S STOPP/START CRITERIA: Another screening tool for potentially inappropriate prescribing in the elderly STOPP: Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions Systems-based list of medications contraindicated in adults...

Medical Criteria - R RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK (RBBB): Complete RBBB QRS duration >120 msec Positive QRS in lead V1 (rSR’ or occasionally broad R wave) Broad S waves in...

Medical Criteria - Q QUICK SOFA (QSOFA) CRITERIA: Respiratory rate ≥22/min Altered mentation Systolic blood pressure ≤100 mmHg Also read: Criteria in GPNotebook Criteria in NICE Criteria in Statpearls

Medical Criteria - P POSITIVE LAVAGE: >10 cc gross blood Bile, bacteria, foreign material RBC count >100,000 x 106/L WBC >500 x 106/L, Amylase >175 IU PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE): Wells’...

Medical Criteria - O OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both Obsessions are defi­ned by (1) and (2) Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges,...

Medical Criteria - N NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (TYPE I; VON RECKLINGHAUSEN’S DISEASE) Diagnostic criteria include 2 or more of the following: More than 5 café-au-lait patches >1.5 cm in an adult or...

Medical Criteria - M MULTIPLE MYELOMA: International Myeloma Working Group Criteria (“SLiM CRAB”): Sixty (60) percent or greater abnormal plasma cells on bone marrow examination Light chain ratio (free, involved/uninvolved)...

Medical Criteria - L LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK (LBBB): Complete LBBB QRS duration >120 msec Broad notched R waves in leads V4, and V5, and/or I, aVL Deep broad S...