Severe disease definition

Severe disease means one or several diseases and/or operations mentioned in paragraph 15.3.4 carried out according to the medi- cal indications corresponding to the criteria for diagnosing of severe diseases referred to in this article. Health care services related to the treatment of severe disease shall be provided in an outpatient and/ or inpatient health care institution or pharmacy.

Examples of Severe disease in a sentence

  • Severe disease status and a procedure history of greater than 5 procedures both had significant ORs of less than one.

  • Severe disease is primarily characterized by respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, multiple organ failure, and death.

  • Severe disease surveillance was limited to identification of viruses by the National Influenza Center (NIC) on request from different intensive care units and pneumology wards across the entire country.