Risk of mortality
Encyclopedia
The risk of mortality provides a medical classification
to estimate the likelihood
of inhospital death for a patient
. The ROM classes are minor, moderate, major, and extreme. The ROM class is used for the evaluation of patient mortality
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Medical classification
Medical classification, or medical coding, is the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers...
to estimate the likelihood
Likelihood
Likelihood is a measure of how likely an event is, and can be expressed in terms of, for example, probability or odds in favor.-Likelihood function:...
of inhospital death for a patient
Patient
A patient is any recipient of healthcare services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider....
. The ROM classes are minor, moderate, major, and extreme. The ROM class is used for the evaluation of patient mortality
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
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