In the absence of a gold standard we defined clinical categories of idiopathic IMHA, secondary IMHA and no IMHA on the basis of a combination of diagnostic criteria present at clinical presentation and as used by others [ 2, 15- 20].
In addition, one must underline that using the new ACR/EULAR classification criteria presented at the ACR 2012 meeting [ 27, 28], a number of our early SSc patients could already meet the criteria for SSc at presentation.
Exclusion criteria included presentation with chorioamnionitis, active labor, or nonreassuring fetal status.
Naret said the judges, who graded restaurants on criteria like presentation, originality and taste, were amazed by the perfectionism of Japanese chefs.
Although controversial, the current study aims to evaluate the outcomes of LT in patients presenting with advanced-stage HCC who underwent downstaging and compare these outcomes with those of patients who met Milan criteria at presentation.
The judges, Keith Young, a 12-year veteran firefighter and author of a cookbook called "Cooking With the Firehouse Chef"; Jacques Torres, the master chocolatier; and Ted Allen, the host of the Food Network's cooking competition, "Chopped," took their task seriously, ranking the food on a host of technical criteria including presentation and taste.
Owing to the fact that our study was a retrospective one, we selected patients based on their discharge diagnosis and wanted to look at the value of the SIRS criteria at presentation.
A Pearson's chi-square test was used to compare differences in distribution of bacteremia, ED disposition, use of vasopressors or steroids, and number of SIRS criteria at presentation between deceased patients and non-deceased.
The following were the exclusion criteria: 1) presentation of a systemic, rheumatic or central nervous system disease; 2) combined diagnosis of chronic migraine and chronic TMD; 3) fibromyalgia; 4) history of trauma or recent surgery on the head, face, neck or chest; 5) receiving physiotherapy at the time of evaluation; 6) younger than 18 years old; and 7) pregnancy.
Criteria for presentation of specific RNA data were a statistically significant change in expression in BDNF- versus vehicle-treated cells of at least 30% in the corresponding experiment.
