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co-morbidity

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00:54 May 22, 2010
English to Slovak translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Psychology
English term or phrase: co-morbidity
Definition from Medical University of South Carolina:
concomitant but unrelated pathologic or disease process,usually used to indicate coexistence of two or more disease processes.

Example sentence(s):
  • Many efforts are underway to develop chronic disease management programs, but the majority of them focus on single chronic diseases and do not recognize the presence of co-morbidity (suffering from more than one condition) for many individuals with chronic disease. University of British Columbia
  • Identifying preventable risk factors may allow clinicians to decrease these unfortunate events. In order to perform appropriate statistical analyses, measures of important environmental exposures are needed because these are known to substantially increase exacerbation risk, including co-morbidity, medication use, tobacco smoking history and smoking status. BioMed Central Ltd
  • While the data in some areas of co-morbidity are stronger than in others, relatively little is known about the risk factors that increase the probability of co-morbidity or the protective factors that decrease its probability. National Institute of Mental Health
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4komorbidita, dvojitá diagnóza
Igor Liba


  

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komorbidita, dvojitá diagnóza


Definition from Komorbidita:
Spoločný výskyt psychiatrického ochorenia a porúch spôsobených užívaním drog, spoločne označovaných ako komorbidita alebo dvojitá diagnóza, nie je novým javom. V posledných rokoch je však táto otázka čoraz častejšie predmetom politických aj odborných diskusií, pretože je zjavné, že sa týka mnohých ľudí, ktorých počet pravdepodobne stále rastie.

Example sentence(s):
  • Duálne diagnózy v zmysle paralelného výskytu diagnózy závislosti a súčasne veľkej depresie, alebo schizofrénie neboli veľmi časté. Presnejší obraz o situácii však možno očakávať až na základe cielených klinických prieskumov. - Psychiatrická komorbidita (duálna diag  
Igor Liba
Slovakia
Local time: 21:29
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 32
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