Hodgkin disease has gone from a 50 percentsurvival rate to 90 percent. The survival rate for atype of brain cancer called medulloblastoma hasimproved from 10 percent to 85 percent.st. Jude strives to help children and their familiesbetter understand and cope with their disease, treat-ment and its side effects.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  differential diagnosis(Noun) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. 2  differential diagnosis(Noun) A list of the common causes of a primary symptom.
Definition of Principal Diagnosis. The principal diagnosis is that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for. occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care. Two or more diagnoses may equally meet the definition for principal diagnosis as determined. by the circumstances of admission, diagnostic work-up and/or therapy provided. Be aware that. there is a difference between admitting a patient to treat two conditions and two conditions being. present at the time of admission.