Critical Illness
| Definition: |
A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. |
| Notes: |
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 |
| Previously Indexed: |
Critical Care (1975-1991) |
Critical Illness Definitions and Terms
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