Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Severity of Illness Index

Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder.

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Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder.

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  • Illness Index Severities
  • Illness Index Severity

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Indexing Annotation

TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES is also available but do not confuse with TRIAGE, emergency selection of patients by priority of need

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History Note

89(86); was see under DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS 1986-88; was SEVERITY OF ILLNESS CLASSIFICATION see CASE MIX 1984-85

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  1. E05.318w.308w.980w.438.475w.456.500w
  2. N05.715w.360.300w.800w.438.375w.364.500w
  3. N06.850w.520w.308w.980w.438.475w.364.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Severity of Illness Index. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012720. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012720
  2. Severity of Illness Index. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severity_of_illness
  3. Severity of Illness Index. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17125150