Sentence examples for cm to define from inspiring English sources

However, the American College of Radiology has recommended using the AKIN criteria (occurring within 48 hours after the administration of iodinated CM) to define contrast-induced nephropathy in order to standardize the varying definitions found in the literature [ 15, 16].

Obviously, simply adopting a cut-off value of either 150 or 155 or 160 cm to define short stature in Thai or other ethnic groups in the same geographical area such as Laotian or Cambodian is inappropriate.

Moreover, in most tropical tree species, and especially in broadleaf species (as opposed to coniferous), taking a minimum top diameter of 7 cm to define merchantable tree height is somewhat impractical because the merchantable height is limited by branching, irregular form or defects which causes inconsistence in the top diameter definition.

We used the ICD-9-CM to define preoperative medical diseases and postoperative complications.

Given our use of ICD-9-CM codes to define cases, it is likely that many transient cases were captured.

This introduces uncertainty and limits our findings, despite the fact that we used the concomitant presence of positive respiratory culture and ICD-9-CM codes to define the VAP cases.

Although Cook et al. (10) reported similar findings in patients with diabetes undergoing cervical fusion, they relied only on administrative ICD-9-CM coding to define uncontrolled diabetes and did not consider coexisting medical conditions as potential confounders in their analysis.

A mask with an aperture of 0.16 cm2 (0.4 cm × 0.4 cm) was used to define the active area of the cell and prevent stray light from producing photocurrents.

For adolescents aged 16 19 years, the International Federation of Diabetes sex- and race/ethnicity-specific cutoff values of waist circumference (i.e., white males ≥94 cm, African American males ≥94 cm, Mexican-American males ≥90 cm, white females ≥80 cm, African American females ≥80 cm, and Mexican-American females ≥80 cm) were used to define central obesity.

In the present study, we used the waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women to define central obesity [ 15]; and the prevalence of central obesity was found to be 12.3% (10.4 - 14.2), showing the lowest rate among the 5 MetS components.

A genetic distance window of 10 cM was used to define the mechanism of action for the eQTL.