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Tests and measurements

Gold Coast criteria

A newer and simpler set of diagnostic criteria, intended to reach a clear answer sooner.

What it means

Agreed more recently and deliberately simpler than El Escorial, with fewer categories. The aim was to reduce the time somebody spends in an uncertain classification.

Why you might hear it

  • Newer trials increasingly use these instead.
  • Your clinic may refer to them when explaining a diagnosis.

People who may help

Where Compass goes into this

About this explanation

These are plain explanations of words you may come across, not advice about your own situation. Where a word matters to a decision, the question pages go into it properly, and your own team is the place to take it.