Medical Conditions Critical Serious Fair

Critical, Stable, or Fair: Defining Patient Conditions

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In the media, hospital terms that describe a patient’s condition -- like critical, fair, serious, stable -- are vague by design. They give you just a general sense of how someone is doing, which ...

Confusing Medical Conditions: What Do …

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Indicators are excellent. • Fair - Vital signs are stable and within normal limits. Patient is conscious, but may be …

What do "stable," "critical," and other medical conditions …

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Serious: Vital signs may be unstable and not within normal limits.Patient is acutely ill. Indicators are questionable. Critical: Vital signs are unstable and not within …

Medical state - Wikipedia

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Patient condition terminology: Do you …

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In light of the African Ebola epidemic, and the first diagnosis of Ebola on American soil, reporters should understand …

What Does "Critical But Stable" Mean? | Reader's Digest

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Describing a patient’s condition as critical typically means that they are suffering from grave injuries or an otherwise serious diagnosis, which is often …

Medical conditions (critical, serious, etc.) - Factual …

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Critical - “significant” chance of dying. Seriously, though that chance could be anywhere between 5 & 100%. Since docs don’t do so well prognosticating, there’s no …

Critical and serious condition: What hospitals mean …

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What 'critical' or 'serious' condition actually means The words are a way for doctors to communicate with the public, and serve little medical function Subscribe to …

What does it mean when a patient is in “critical” or …

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In general, it’s the worst condition (other than, obviously, DOA) a patient can be in, with a high risk of death within the next 24 hours. Being upgraded to "serious" …

What hospitals mean when they list a patient's condition …

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In most hospitals, patient conditions are generally reported by nurses in each unit once a day (usually at midnight or 7 a.m.) based on information on the patient's …