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Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam Prep II

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Jones criteria are for diagnosis of which of the following diseases?
  1. Typhoid fever
  2. Rheumatic fever
  3. Yellow fever
  4. Dengue fever
Explanation
Answer- B - Jones criteria is for diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Nowadays the criteria has been modified and known as modified Jones criteria.
Modified Jones criteria:
Major criteria
•Pancarditis
•Polyarthritis
•Sydenham's chorea
•Erythema marginatum
•Subcutaneous nodules
Minor criteria
•Previous history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease
•Polyarthralgia
•Increased ESR or c-reactive protein (CRP)
•Increased pr interval (first degree heart block)
•Fever
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