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Descriptor English:   Critical Illness 
Descriptor Spanish:   Enfermedad Crítica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Estado Terminal 
Synonyms English:   Critically Ill
Critical Illnesses
Illness, Critical
Illnesses, Critical  
Tree Number:   C23.550.291.625
Definition English:   A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. 
Indexing Annotation English:   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
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CL classification EC economics
EP epidemiology MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
RH rehabilitation TH therapy
Record Number:   30170 
Unique Identifier:   D016638 

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