Sentence examples for compatible diagnosis from inspiring English sources

The index date was defined as the date of first visit or admission with a compatible diagnosis for the COPD cases, and the corresponding date after entering the LHID 2005 database for the control subjects.

Based on our previous publication [ 19], active TB was defined by at least two ambulatory visits or one inpatient record with a compatible diagnosis (ICD-9-CM codes 010 012, and 018, and A-codes A020, A021), plus at least one prescription consisting of three or more than three anti-tuberculous drugs.

Active TB was defined by at least two ambulatory visits or one in-patient record with a compatible diagnosis (ICD-9-CM codes 010 018 and A-codes A020 A022, A025), prescriptions consisting of at least two anti-TB drugs simultaneously for ⩾120 days of a 180-day period, and at least one prescription consisting of three or more anti-TB drugs.

Information was collected on each patient characteristics (sociodemographics, personal and family medical history), disease characteristics (duration of compatible symptoms, diagnosis, previous episodes) and current episode characteristics.

Acute exacerbations (AEs) of COPD were defined as emergency department visits or admissions with compatible COPD diagnosis codes, plus a prescription of systemic corticosteroids.

In addition to the clinical features and radiographic findings that were compatible with diagnosis of pneumonia, 93 VAP patients had positive cultures from endotracheal aspirates, three from BAL, and all NVHAP patients from sputum specimens.

Fourteen defects (2%) were different in that, although they started as defects in the ossification front, they progressed to become extensively surrounded by bone and were then compatible with diagnosis of an osseous cyst-like lesion.

We included 142 consecutive patients with sarcoidosis according to the criteria retained in the Consensus Conference ATS/ERS [ 14], that is, combining clinical, biological and radiological presentation compatible with diagnosis and excluding other granulomatous diseases.

Clinical signs include anorexia, depression, diarrhea, and weight loss compatible with a diagnosis of enteritis, the second most common diagnosis made in turkey poults throughout the United States.

The presence of changes compatible with the diagnosis of another neurodegenerative disease excludes CTE as a single diagnosis, and indicates the presence of co-morbid pathology.

Moreover, frequency and duration of attacks were more compatible with the diagnosis of PH.