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Symptomatic indication
An indication provided by the symptoms of a disease rather than because of precise knowledge of the actual disease process (e.g., a patient may be given acetaminophen without knowing the cause of the symptoms of headache or fever).
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Causal indication
An indication provided by the knowledge of the cause of a disease.
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Indicant
Something such as a sign or symptom that points to the presence of a disease.
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Index Medicus
A publication of the National Library of Medicine that lists biomedical and health sciences journal articles by title, subject, field, and country of publication. The major medical and biological journals are indexed.
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Vital index
The ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths in a population over a stated period of time.
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Thoracic index
The ratio of the thoracic anteroposterior diameter to the transverse diameter.
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Sulcus bleeding index
A sensitive measure of gingival condition that involves probing of all sulci. The score is based on six defined criteria. It is calculated by counting the number of sulci with bleeding, dividing by the total number of sulci, and multiplying by 100.
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Shock index
The systolic blood pressure divided by the heart rate.
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Respiratory disturbance index
A measurement of the number of disordered breathing cycles during sleep. Sleep disordered breathing, which includes both apneas and hypopneas, results in daytime fatigue. It is also associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease.
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Respiratory index
The ratio of the alveolar-arterial oxygen tension gradient to the arterial partial pressure of oxygen.
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