patent infection | clinically evident infection | clinical infection

Definition: This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity and clinical form but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The third character of the code identifies the substance involved, and the fourth character specifies the clinical state. The codes should be used, as required, for each substance specified, but it should be noted that not all fourth character codes are applicable to all substances. Identification of the psychoactive substance should be based on as many sources of information as possible. These include sel ...[+++]f-report data, analysis of blood and other body fluids, characteristic physical and psychological symptoms, clinical signs and behaviour, and other evidence such as a drug being in the patient's possession or reports from informed third parties. Many drug users take more than one type of psychoactive substance. The main diagnosis should be classified, whenever possible, according to the substance or class of substances that has caused or contributed most to the presenting clinical syndrome. Other diagnoses should be coded when other psychoactive substances have been taken in intoxicating amounts (common fourth character .0) or to the extent of causing harm (common fourth character .1), dependence (common fourth character .2) or other disorders (common fourth character .3-.9). Only in cases in which patterns of psychoactive substance-taking are chaotic and indiscriminate, or in which the contributions of different psychoactive substances are inextricably mixed, should the diagnosis of disorders resulting from multiple drug use (F19.-) be used. | Modifiers The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories F10-F19: Code Title .0 Acute intoxication A condition that follows the administration of a psychoactive substance resulting in disturbances in level of consciousness, cognition, perception, affect or behaviour, o ...

clinical epidemiology | evidence-based medicine | EBM [Abbr.]

non-clinical study | preclinical study | pre-clinical study | preclinical test | pre-clinical test | pre-clinical testing | preclinical trial | pre-clinical trial

multicenter trial | multicentre trial | multicenter clinical trial | multicentre clinical trial | multicentered trial | multicentered clinical trial | multicenter study | multicentre study | multicenter clinical study | multicentre clinical study | multicentered study | multicentered clinical study

evidence in contradiction [ rebuttal evidence | evidence in rebuttal | proof of a rebutting case | rebutting evidence | evidence in reply | reply evidence ]

autoptic evidence [ real evidence | demonstrative evidence | tangible evidence | objective evidence ]

community legal clinic | legal clinic | community legal service | community legal services clinic | legal services clinic

- the clinical evidence report and the clinical performance study report as referred to in Annex XII;

It is intended to improve both transparency and evidence-based decisions with respect to comprehensiveness of publicly funded health services. The purpose of such a review is to use clinical, evidence-based, research to ensure that publicly insured health services are those that are most clinically effective in preventing disease, restoring and maintaining health, and alleviating pain and suffering.

The overwhelming clinical evidence is that centres like Insite save lives when it comes to some of our most vulnerable patient populations.

The CMA's position is founded upon clinical evidence and not upon ideology, unlike Bill C-2.