Diagnostic standards

Committee on Diagnostic Standards, American Thoracic Society, Jim. Rev. Respir Dis. 85, 762 (1962). 

American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diagnostic standards and classification of tuberculosis in adults and children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000 161 1376-1395. 

Throat culture remains the diagnostic standard, with a sensitivity of 90%-95% for detection of A ll Group h Streptococcus if done correctly. 

American Thoracic Society. Chronic bronchitis, asthma, and pulmonary emphysema a statement by the Committee on Diagnostic Standards for Nontuberculous respiratory Diseases. Am Rev Respir Dis 1962 85 762-8. 

Beginning in the 1960s, a number of agents, including lysergic acid diethylamide, methysergide, levodopa, triiodothyronine, imipramine, and 5-hydroxytrypto-phan were studied in autistic disorder. Many of these trials were limited by the lack of diagnostic standard-... 

Because antibody differences will always be present in different assays, complete standardization will never be possible for cTnI. However, for cTnT, because there is only one assay manufacturer (Roche Diagnostics), standardizing between assay generations has been consistent. 

Because physical examination of the prostate is often normal, urinary tract localization studies are critical to the diagnosis of chronic bacterial prostatitis. The method of quantitative localization culture, as described by Meares and Stamey, remains the diagnostic standard... 

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY (1962) Committee on diagnostic standards, definitions and classification of chronic bronchitis, asthma and pulmonary emphysema. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 85, 762-768. 

In addition, feelings of depression can often be overstated or understated because they reflect the definition and standards of normalcy within an individual s unique social and environmental context. As a first step toward acquiring effective treatment, a clear, concise, psychosocial-criteria-based diagnostic standard must be applied. All diagnostic interpretations must be sensitive to the influence of cultural and stress-related environmental and social factors. 

Diagnostic standards used for instrament checking or fault finding in inaccurate instruments. 

Hence true subcretinism in an endemia should be much less than the individuals with IQ 50-69. Therefore IQ is only a screening indication but not the final diagnostic standard of the subcretin. 

Thus, inspection procedures for the maintenance and management of structures are of fundamental importance prior to making a prediction model for deterioration and deciding counter-measures for repair and retrofit. The procedures could become diagnostic standards for evaluating the structural integrity. 

Huang JO, Hong YZ (1984) A comparison of Chinese diagnostic standards of silicotic radiographs and the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses. Ann Occup Hyg 28 13-18... 

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