Abstract Background Rare diseases present a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and severity levels are often poorly known underrepresented, making them difficult to classify. Diagnoses usually coded using the International Classification Diseases (ICD), with its different versions. In Spain, ICD-10-ES (stem from ICD-10-CM–Clinical Modification) is used throughout National Healthcare Syste...

In this article, key points are discussed concerning knowledge representation for clinical decision support systems in the domain of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Information models, classifications and terminologies, such as the “virtual medical record” (vMR), the “international classification of functioning, disability and health” (ICF), the “international classification of diseases” ...

ABBREVIATIONS : AASM 5 American Academy of Sleep Medicine ; CRSWD 5 circadian rhythm sleepwake disorder ; CSA 5 central sleep apnea ; CSB 5 Cheyne-Stokes breathing ; ICD 5 International Classification of Diseases ; ICSD 5 International Classification of Sleep Disorders ; IH 5 idiopathic hypersomnia ; MSLT 5 multiple sleep latency test ; NREM 5 non-rapid eye movement ; OCST 5 out-ofcenter sleep ...

OBJECTIVE medically unexplained symptoms are common and associated with mental illness in various contexts. Previous studies show that Latin American populations are prone to somatization. Given the reformulation of the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition the peculiarities of the population from this region of the world shall be taken into consideration. The object...

Introduction: This report presents 2011-2012 data on leading causes of death in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Province. Methods: Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 31 provinces in 2011-2012 . Causes of death classified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10) are ranked a...

BACKGROUND With the aim of actively contributing to the ongoing 11(th) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) revision, an international collaboration led by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) has decided to revise the classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases and to validate it for ICD-11 by crowdsourcing the allergist community. However, underst...