MeSH

The determination of the nature of a disease or condition, or the distinguishing of one disease or condition from another. Assessment may be made through physical examination, laboratory tests, or the likes. Computerized programs may be used to enhance the decision-making process.

Used with diseases for all aspects of diagnosis, including examination, differential diagnosis and prognosis. Excludes diagnosis using imaging techniques (e.g. radiography, scintigraphy, and ultrasonography) for which diagnostic imaging is used.

Year introduced: 1966

Non-optimal interval of time between onset of symptoms, identification, and initiation of treatment.

Year introduced: 2010

Methods to determine in patients the nature of a disease or disorder at its early stage of progression. Generally, early diagnosis improves PROGNOSIS and TREATMENT OUTCOME.

Year introduced: 2004

Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the OVUM; ZYGOTE; or BLASTOCYST prior to implantation. CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS is performed to determine the presence or absence of genetic disease.

Year introduced: 1998

The co-existence of a substance abuse disorder with a psychiatric disorder. The diagnostic principle is based on the fact that it has been found often that chemically dependent patients also have psychiatric problems of various degrees of severity.

Year introduced: 1994

Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth.

Year introduced: 1973

Conclusions derived from the nursing assessment that establish a health status profile for the patient and from which nursing interventions may be ordered.

Year introduced: 1991(1987)(1975-1979)

A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. Its purpose is to provide a framework for specifying case mix and to reduce hospital costs and reimbursements and it forms the cornerstone of the prospective payment system.

Year introduced: 1992

Examination of the mouth and teeth toward the identification and diagnosis of intraoral disease or manifestation of non-oral conditions.

Year introduced: 1965

Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.

Application of computer programs designed to assist the physician in solving a diagnostic problem.

Year introduced: 1991(1969)

Alternatives to conventional hospitalization for the diagnosis of suspected serious diseases allowing coordinated diagnostic procedures.

Year introduced: 2021

Failure to identify or diagnose a medical condition at the time a health professional is acquainted with the symptoms.

Year introduced: 2020

Technique used in AYURVEDIC MEDICINE, and EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, in which reading PULSE is used in the diagnosis of diseases.

Year introduced: 2017

In health care reimbursement, especially in the prospective payment system, those patients who require an unusually long hospital stay or whose stay generates unusually high costs.

Year introduced: 1991

The visualization of tissues during pregnancy through recording of the echoes of ultrasonic waves directed into the body. The procedure may be applied with reference to the mother or the fetus and with reference to organs or the detection of maternal or fetal disease.

Year introduced: 1991

Immunologic techniques involved in diagnosis.

Year introduced: 1987

Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.

Year introduced: 2009

Techniques used to carry out clinical investigative procedures in the diagnosis and therapy of disease.

Year introduced: 2000 (1997)