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ICD-10-CA is a clinical modification of ICD-10 developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information for morbidity classification in Canada. ICD-10-CA applies beyond acute hospital care, and includes conditions and situations that are not diseases but represent risk factors to health, such as occupational and environmental factors ...
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis.Although Irwin and Rippe cautioned in 2005 that the use of "multiple organ failure" or "multisystem organ failure" should be avoided, [1] both Harrison's (2015) and Cecil's (2012) medical textbooks still use the terms "multi-organ failure" and ...
Prolonged grief disorder ( PGD ), also known as complicated grief ( CG ), [1] traumatic grief ( TG) [2] and persistent complex bereavement disorder ( PCBD) in the DSM-5, [3] is a mental disorder consisting of a distinct set of symptoms following the death of a family member or close friend (i.e. bereavement ). People with PGD are preoccupied by ...
The risk of death is about 10%. [2] Fat embolism most commonly occurs as a result of fractures of bones such as the femur or pelvis. [3] [1] Other potential causes include pancreatitis, orthopedic surgery, bone marrow transplant, and liposuction. [3] [2] The underlying mechanism involves widespread inflammation. [3] Diagnosis is based on ...
Generalized anxiety disorder ( GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [ 6] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned about everyday matters such as ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
Case fatality rate. In epidemiology, case fatality rate ( CFR) – or sometimes more accurately case-fatality risk – is the proportion of people who have been diagnosed with a certain disease and end up dying of it. Unlike a disease's mortality rate, the CFR does not take into account the time period between disease onset and death.
In medicine, the Charlson Comorbidity Index ( CCI) predicts the mortality for a patient who may have a range of concurrent conditions ( comorbidities ), such as heart disease, AIDS, or cancer (considering a total of 17 categories). [1] A score of zero means that no comorbidities were found; the higher the score, the higher the predicted ...