| Descriptor English: | Critical Illness | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedad Crítica
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Estado Terminal | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Maladie grave | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Critical Illnesses Critically Ill Illness, Critical Illnesses, Critical |
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| Tree number(s): |
C23.550.291.625 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016638 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. |
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| Annotation: | IM GEN only; do not index with specific dis of critically ill patient unless particularly discussed & then NIM with no qualif; /ther: consider also CRITICAL CARE |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics EP epidemiology MO mortality NU nursing PX psychology RH rehabilitation TH therapy |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Critical Care (1975-1991) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 92 |
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| History Note: | 92 |
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| DeCS ID: | 30170 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D016638 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | QZ 140 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1991/01/24 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 1999/11/08 |
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Critical Illness
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0025358 |
| Scope note | A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. |
| Preferred term | Critical Illness |
| Entry term(s) |
Critical Illnesses Critically Ill Illness, Critical Illnesses, Critical |
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