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Descriptor English: Chronic Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Crónica
Descriptor enfermedad crónica
Entry term(s) casos crónicos
cuadros crónicos
dolencias crónicas
enfermedades crónicas
enfermos crónicos
trastorno crónico
Scope note: Enfermedades que tienen una o más de las siguientes características: son permanentes, dejan una discapacidad residual, están causadas por alteraciones patológicas no reversibles, requieren un entrenamiento especial del paciente para la rehabilitación o se estima que requerirán un largo período de supervisión, observación o atención. (Traducción libre del original: Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). Para los estudios epidemiológicos, las enfermedades crónicas a menudo incluyen las ENFERMEDADES CARDÍACAS, el ACCIDENTE CEREBROVASCULAR, el CÁNCER y la diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO II).
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Crônica
Descriptor French: Maladie chronique
Entry term(s): Malade chronique
Pathologie chronique
Tree number(s): C23.550.291.500
HP1.007.262.808.139
HP2.029.319
HP3.029
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002908
Scope note: Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).
Annotation: IM general only; usually NIM with specific disease IM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PC prévention et contrôle
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
TD tendances
TH thérapie
VE médecine vétérinaire
Related: Gestion de la douleur MeSH
DeCS ID: 28563
Unique ID: D002908
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Maladie chronique - Preferred
Concept UI M0004447
Preferred term Maladie chronique
Entry term(s) Pathologie chronique
Malade chronique - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004448
Preferred term Malade chronique



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