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www .world-stroke .org. The World Stroke Organization ( WSO) is a non-profit medical association that works to raise awareness of prevention and treatment of stroke. The organization was founded in 2006 from the merging of two organizations previously in existence, the International Stroke Society (ISS) and the World Stroke Federation (WSF). [ 1]
Hemiparesis, also called unilateral paresis, is the weakness of one entire side of the body (hemi-means "half"). Hemiplegia, in its most severe form, is the complete paralysis of one entire side of the body.
This template allows editors to directly link to the 2019 online version of the World Health Organization's diagnostic classification ICD-10. It's primarily intended for use with {{medical resources}}. Please do not use this template to parse codes only found within ICD-10-CM – use the {} template instead.
Template:ICD10/doc. This template allows editors to directly link to the 2019 online version of the World Health Organization 's diagnostic classification ICD-10. It's primarily intended for use with {{ medical resources }}. Please do not use this template to parse codes only found within ICD-10-CM – use the {{ ICD10CM }} template instead.
The ICD-10 established a set of diagnostic criteria for PCS in 1992. [38] In order to meet these criteria, a patient has had a head injury "usually sufficiently severe to result in loss of consciousness" [ 33 ] [ 39 ] and then develop at least three of the eight symptoms marked with a check mark in the table at right under "ICD-10" within four ...
Infectious diseases. Herpes simplex encephalitis ( HSE ), or simply herpes encephalitis, is encephalitis due to herpes simplex virus. It is estimated to affect at least 1 in 500,000 individuals per year, [ 1] and some studies suggest an incidence rate of 5.9 cases per 100,000 live births. [ 2]
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) was an adaptation created by the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and used in assigning diagnostic and procedure codes associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the United States. The ICD-9-CM is based on the ICD-9 but ...