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DOTS
Public health strategy for Tuberculosis.
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RESPECT
Public health initiative regarding violence against women.
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PHC
Primary Care / Family Doctor.
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NCD
Non-Communicable Diseases (chronic diseases not passed from person to person).
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INSPIRE
Public health initiative regarding violence against children.
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Duke Criteria
Used for Infective Endocarditis; major criteria include positive blood cultures (Staph/Strep); minor criteria include lesions, nodes, spots, and IV drug use.
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Jones Criteria
Used for Acute Rheumatic Fever; includes Joints, Carditis, Nodules, Erythema marginatum (classic ring-like skin rash), and Sydenham chorea (involuntary, jerky movements).
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Light's Criteria
Used for Pleural Effusion; distinguishes between Exudate fluid (inflammation/infection) and Transudate fluid (systemic pressure).
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Wells Criteria
Used for assessing probability of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).