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Descriptor English: Patient Acuity
Descriptor Spanish: Gravedad del Paciente
Descriptor estado del paciente
Entry term(s) gravedad de la enfermedad
gravedad del estado de salud
intensidad de la enfermedad
Scope note: Valoración de la enfermedad de un paciente, su cronicidad, gravedad y otros aspectos cualitativos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gravidade do Paciente
Descriptor French: Acuité des besoins du patient
Entry term(s): Acuities, Patient
Acuity, Patient
Disease Severity
Patient Acuities
Severity of Illness
Tree number(s): E05.318.308.980.438.475.456
N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364
N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062072
Scope note: An assessment of a patient's illness, its chronicity, severity, and other qualitative aspects.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 55052
Unique ID: D062072
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Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Patient Acuity - Preferred
Concept UI M0559071
Scope note An assessment of a patient's illness, its chronicity, severity, and other qualitative aspects.
Preferred term Patient Acuity
Entry term(s) Acuities, Patient
Acuity, Patient
Patient Acuities
Severity of Illness - Broader
Concept UI M000744325
Preferred term Severity of Illness
Entry term(s) Disease Severity



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