International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Definition The ICF is an official classification of the WHO. It provides a coherent view of different perspectives of health from a biological, individual and social perspective. Therefore, the ICF achieve a synthesis from the medical and the social model of health.
International Classification of Impairment, Disabilities and Handicaps Definition The ICIDH was the precursor version of the ICF but has never been approved by the World Health Assembly as an official classification of the WHO.
International Dollars Definition Dollars that have been adjusted not only for currency conversion rates between countries but also for purchasing power differences with the United States. In other words, it not only represents the number of dollars a person could get in exchange for another currency, but it is intended to guarantee that an individual could purchase an equivalent amount of goods and services in the United States as in the original location with the original amount of money.
patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, in 1997 an International Risk Analysis Workshop was convened to establish a consensus prognostic risk-based analysis system. The evaluation of disease risk and outcome in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes is critical to the application of adequate treatment strategies. The International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS), which is based on the percentage of bone marrow blasts, karyotype and the number of cytopenias, predicts both survival and risk of progression to acute myelogenous leukemia, and should help identify patients who might benefit from therapeutic treatment.
International Trachoma Initiative Definition An organization formed to implement strategies to control blindness resulting from trachoma in selected countries around the world; activities include distribution of azithromycin donated by Pfizer.
Interpersonal Sensitivity Definition Interpersonal Sensitivity addresses insecurity in social interactions and social contacts.
Interstitial Lung Disease International Prognostic Scoring System Definition Despite the multitude of methods developed to evaluate the potential clinical outcome in
Definition A group of lung diseases (including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues.
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