Assignment of the pressure ulcer stage code should be. guided by clinical documentation. of the stage or. documentation of the terms found in the. Alphabetic. Index. For clinical terms describing the stage that are not. found in the Alphabetic Index, and there is no.
The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a classification system for MDS to standardize the definitions of the different subtypes. The 7 subtypes of MDS in this system include: Refractory anemia (RA). The primary sign of RA is anemia. White blood cell counts and platelet counts are healthy.
Adrienne G Randolph, MD, MSc. Deputy Editor. James F Wiley, II, MD, MPH. Sepsis is a clinical syndrome that complicates severe infection and is characterized by the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), immune dysregulation, microcirculatory derangements, and end-organ dysfunction.