Severity of Illness Index
"Severity of Illness Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder.
| Descriptor ID |
D012720
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500 N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500 N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Severity of Illness Index- Severity of Illness Index
- Illness Index Severities
- Illness Index Severity
- Index Severities, Illness
- Index Severity, Illness
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Severity of Illness Index" by people in Profiles.
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Intraventricular hemorrhage among very low birth weight infants in a South African cohort: a retrospective study of trends & short-term outcomes. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Feb 25; 25(1):138.
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia at a tertiary academic hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec; 234:107823.
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Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection on Clinical Severity and Outcomes Among Children Hospitalized With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Soweto, South Africa. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Feb 01; 44(2):107-111.
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Patient journey, disease burden, and functional disability in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in South Africa: results of International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS). Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Nov; 43(11):3335-3343.
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Disease Severity and Comorbidities among Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Admissions in South Africa: A Retrospective Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 05 02; 19(9).
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Estimating disease severity of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections. Nat Rev Immunol. 2022 May; 22(5):267-269.
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Convalescent plasma in the treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial (PROTECT-Patient Trial). Sci Rep. 2022 02 15; 12(1):2552.
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Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus associated disseminated intravascular coagulation. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262306.
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Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Africa: a data linkage study. Lancet. 2022 01 29; 399(10323):437-446.
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Decreased severity of disease during the first global omicron variant covid-19 outbreak in a large hospital in tshwane, south africa. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 116:38-42.