Critical Illness

Aka: Critical Illness, Catastrophic Illness

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II. Associated Conditions

  1. Cardiovascular Emergencies
    1. Ventricular Fibrillation or Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
    2. Asystole or Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)
    3. Unstable Bradycardia
    4. Unstable Tachycardia
    5. Acute Coronary Syndrome
    6. Aortic Dissection
    7. Cardiac Tamponade
    8. Cardiogenic Shock (acute pulmonary edema)
    9. Hypertensive Emergency
  2. Respiratory Emergencies
    1. Pulmonary Embolism
    2. Foreign Body Aspiration
    3. Tension Pneumothorax
    4. Status Asthmaticus
  3. Neurologic Emergencies
    1. Status Epilepticus
    2. Closed Head Injury
    3. Brainstem Herniation
    4. Cerebrovascular Accident
    5. Penetrating Neck Trauma
  4. Fluids, Electrolytes and Nutrition Emergencies (as well as renal emergencies)
    1. Hemorrhagic Shock
    2. Metabolic Acidosis
  5. Infectious Emergencies
    1. Septic Shock
    2. Meningitis
    3. Encephalitis
  6. Abdominal Emergencies
    1. See Acute Abdomen
    2. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
    3. Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
  7. Trauma and Environmental Injuries
    1. Heat Related Illness
    2. Burn Injury
    3. Hypothermia Management
    4. Unknown Ingestion
    5. Biological Weapon
    6. Chemical Weapon
    7. Mass Casualty Incident
    8. Blast Injury
    9. Gunshot Wound
    10. Knife Wound

III. Findings: Most significant markers of Critical Illness

  1. Tachypnea
  2. Metabolic Acidosis

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Ontology: Catastrophic Illness (C0007397)

Definition (MSH) An acute or prolonged illness usually considered to be life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability. Treatment may be radical and is frequently costly.
Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
MSH D002388
English Catastrophic Illness, Catastrophic Illnesses, Illness, Catastrophic, Illnesses, Catastrophic, Catastrophic Illness [Disease/Finding], catastrophic illness, Catastrophic illness
Swedish Livshotande tillstånd
Czech katastrofická nemoc
Finnish Henkeä uhkaava sairaus
Russian UGROZHAIUSHCHIE SOSTOIANIIA, ЖИЗНЕОПАСНОЕ ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЕ, BOLEZN', TREBUIUSHCHAIA DOROGOSTOIASHCHEGO LECHENIIA, ZHIZNEOPASNOE ZABOLEVANIE, БОЛЕЗНЬ, ТРЕБУЮЩАЯ ДОРОГОСТОЯЩЕГО ЛЕЧЕНИЯ, УГРОЖАЮЩИЕ СОСТОЯНИЯ
Polish Choroby związane z katastrofami
Italian Malattia grave
Norwegian Livstruende sykdom, Livstruende tilstand
German Krankheit, lebensbedrohliche, Lebensbedrohliche Krankheit
Dutch Levensbedreigende ziekte, Ziekte, levensbedreigende
Portuguese Doença Catastrófica
French Maladie grave, Pathologie lourde, Maladie catastrophique (USA)
Spanish Enfermedad Catastrófica
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Ontology: Critical Illness (C0010340)

Definition (MSH) A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.
Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
MSH D016638
English Critical Illness, Critical Illnesses, Critically Ill, Illness, Critical, Illnesses, Critical, Critical Illness [Disease/Finding], critical illness, critically ill, Critically ill
Swedish Livshotande sjukdom
Czech kritický stav
Finnish Kriittinen sairaus
Russian KRITICHESKIE SOSTOIANIIA, BOLEZN' KRITICHESKAIA, БОЛЕЗНЬ КРИТИЧЕСКАЯ, КРИТИЧЕСКИЕ СОСТОЯНИЯ
Japanese 危篤, 末期状態
Italian Malattia critica
Polish Poważna choroba, Choroba krytyczna
Norwegian Kritisk sykdom, Kritisk tilstand, Kritisk syk
Spanish Estado Crítico, Enfermedad Crítica
Portuguese Doença Terminal, Estado Crítico, Estado Terminal
German Kritisch krank, Kritische Krankheit
Dutch Terminale ziekte, Ziekte, terminale
French Maladie critique, Maladie très grave
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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