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Severity of Illness Index

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Definition: Levels of severity of illness within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria.  no qualif; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES is also available but do not confuse with TRIAGE, emerg selection of patients by priority of need   
Examples Karnofsky Performance Status
Other names Index Severity, Illness; Index Severities, Illness; Illness Index Severity; Illness Index Severities

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