case definition

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12:54 Apr 18, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: case definition
Definition from Government of Canada:
A set of criteria for determining whether a person has a particular disease.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Ministry of Health has developed the following case definition for COVID-19 based on expert advice from our Technical Advisory Group. The case definition takes into account both the epidemiology of the virus as well as its clinical presentation. Government of New Zealand
  • Familiarize yourself with the interim national case definition for COVID-19 to consider the possibility of COVID-19 in persons with relevant clinical and exposure history. Government of Canada
  • A case definition includes criteria for person, place, time, and clinical features. These should be specific to the outbreak under investigation. Case definitions are often further categorized by the degree of certainty regarding the diagnosis as “suspected”, “probable”, or “confirmed”. Centers for Disease Control
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Definition from Sundhedsstyrelsen m.fl.:
En case definition er en kort beskrivelse af, hvilke patienter der skal tælles med i det konkrete sygdomsudbrud (dvs. er ’cases’ i udbruddet). Man skelner mellem patienter (syge mennesker oftest med en diagnose) og cases (de patienter, derer en del af et givet udbrud).
En case definition indeholder næsten altid referencer til de tre begreber: TID, STED og PERSON. Hvornår skal man have været syg, hvor henne og med hvilke symptomer eller diagnose for at kunne være en del af udbruddet?
En case-definition definerer altså hvilke fælles kriterier, som en case (patient) skal opfylde for at indgå som en del af sygdomsudbruddet.

Example sentence(s):
  • For de enkelte individuelle anmeldelsespligtige sygdomme angives kriterium for anmeldelse (case-definition) med henblik på at gøre anmeldelserne ensartede og dermed systemet mere validt. - Sundhedsstyrelsen  
  • Ophør med geografiske case definition, idet det ikke giver mening at fokusere testak-tivitet på bestemte geografiske områder i en situation hvor der allerede er udbredt smitte i det danske samfund - Sundhedsstyrelsen  
  • Case definition MERS-CoV-infektion skal mistænkes hos personer, der opfylder følgende kriterier: - Sundhed.dk  

Explanation:
Skrives både med og uden bindestreg i kilderne (case definition/case-defintion)
Birgit Bonde Jensen
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 60
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