Evaluación de gravedad en pacientes agudos / Evaluation of severity in acute patients
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
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33(1): 37-50, 2022. tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1401322
ABSTRACT
Severity meaning the risk of adverse outcomes, death or disability, varies along disease's characteristics and patient related factors. Its evaluation is complex and besides subjective perception several, more objective, clinical tools exist along with laboratory data that independently or used in combination, allows the clinician to approach severity of a given patient's condition or a particular disease. We will review several aspects of the evaluation of severity, clinical and laboratory based in addition of some scoring systems, emphasizing perfusion and organ dysfunction evaluation as key elements to assess severity particularly in critical situations. (AU)
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Main subject:
Severity of Illness Index
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Patient Acuity
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile/CL
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