Sentences with phrase «diagnostic threshold»

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is diagnosed based upon visualization of a certain diagnostic threshold of eosinophils in the lining of the esophagus.

Another potential limitation is that changes in diagnostic thresholds and in the frequency of diagnostic testing between 2000 and 2012 may have affected the self - reported prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, and the relationship of treatments to both cardiovascular and cognitive outcomes.

All met the DSM - IV criteria for ADHD Combined Type (the most common subtype in this age group22), using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC), parent report, version 3.0,23 supplemented with up to 2 symptoms identified by children's teachers for cases falling just below the DISC diagnostic threshold.

Scores for the measures of anxiety and depression, respectively, ranged from 1 to 3: 1 (no symptoms of anxiety disorder or depression), 2 (some symptoms but below diagnostic threshold), or 3 (above threshold for diagnosis).

Frances and other critics say the planned DSM - 5 goes too far in lowering the diagnostic thresholds for disorders like ADHD and depression.

The reclassification of PTSD also involved shifting the diagnosis from anxiety disorders to trauma and stress disorders, and included the recommendation that patients whose symptom pattern falls below the diagnostic threshold for PTSD be diagnosed with adjustment disorder, or an inability to adapt to stressful situations.

A clinical trial showed that with nutritional ketosis, health coaching, and medical supervision, 56 % of patients were able to lower their HbA1c below the diagnostic threshold for type 2 diabetes in 10 weeks.

But, what is less known is those that have impaired glucose metabolism — which falls below the diagnostic threshold for diabetes — have an increased risk of cancer as well.

Article 12 — the right to equal recognition before the law — has been interpreted as prohibiting the use of disability as a ground for a declaration of legal incapacity, thereby calling into question the diagnostic threshold of MCA 2005.

While affective symptom severity levels are anchored to the diagnostic thresholds for all depressive and manic conditions, including MDE, minor depressive / dysthymic disorder, mania, and hypomania, weekly levels were assigned regardless of whether the patient was in an RDC - defined episode.

First, the diagnostic threshold of four or more symptoms within the preceding 6 months must be met.

Individuals who show enough symptoms to meet the diagnostic threshold, even if it is only at home, may be significantly impaired in their social functioning.