patient acuity

Preferred Label : patient acuity;

MeSH definition : An assessment of a patient's illness, its chronicity, severity, and other qualitative aspects.;

MeSH synonym : Disease Severity; Disease Severities; Severity, Disease; Severity of Illness; Illness Severities; Illness Severity;

CISMeF synonym : acuities, patient; patient acuities; acuity, patient;

MeSH Hyperonym : Illness Severity; Illness Severities; Disease Severity; Disease Severities; Severity, Disease;

Details

Origin ID

D062072;

UMLS CUI

C3494263;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Severely ill [LOINC component]
- severe illness [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- functional status [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- patient acuity [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- needs assessment [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Clinical Attribute [UMLS semantic type]
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- functional status [Q-code]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

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