Concept information
Preferred term
Chronic Disease
Type
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Definition
- Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous
- Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
- Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder
- Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
- Chronic Periodontitis
- Chronic Urticaria
- Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
- Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
- Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic
- Hepatitis, Chronic
- Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic
- Leukemia, Neutrophilic, Chronic
- Multiple Chronic Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive
- Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External
- Pancreatitis, Chronic
- Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
- Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
- Wasting Disease, Chronic
Synonym(s)
- Chronic Illness
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug therapy (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- epidemiology (Qualifier)
- ethnology (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- legislation & jurisprudence (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- prevention & control (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- rehabilitation (Qualifier)
- therapy (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Pathologie chronique
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KL3Q7TM9-0
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