case

case (kas) an instance of a disease.

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index case  the case of the original patient (propositus or proband) that stimulates investigation of other members of the family to discover a possible genetic factor. In epidemiology, the first case of a contagious disease.

trial case  a box containing lenses, arranged in pairs, a trial spectacle frame, and other devices used in testing vision.

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case (ks)

n.

An occurrence of a disease or disorder.

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case,

n 1. illness episode.
2. entire account of the historical perspective of the course of a patient's disease and its management. See also anamnesis, biopathography, and case analysis.

case report,

n a record of a patient's illness, treatment, and recovery.

case taking,

n the procedure of obtaining and documenting a patient's disease development. See also anamnesis, case analysis, and patient history.

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case,

n the term often incorrectly used instead of the appropriate noun (e.g.,
patient, flask, denture, casting). Case is not synonymous with patient because the latter is more than just the case of situations they present.

case charting,

n the recording of a patient's status of health or disease.

case dismissal,

n the technique of illustrating to the patient the results of treatment, usually done during the last appointment of a series.

case history,

n See history, case.

case management,

n the monitoring and coordination of treatment rendered to patients with specific diagnoses or requiring high cost or extensive services.

case presentation,

n an explanation of dental needs to the patient.

case summary,

n enumeration of all the services to be performed for an estimated amount of money.

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case

in epidemiology, an animal which has the specified disease or condition which is under investigation.

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case abstract

a structured summary of a case report suitable for computer entry; permits machine sorting and retrieval and leads an investigator to the original paper records on which detailed descriptions must be based.

case-control sampling

selection of cases as a sample to use in a case-control study (below).

case-control study

a retrospective, analytical, epidemiological study. A group of pre-existing cases of the disease are matched with a selected group of control animals that do not have the disease so that the presence or otherwise of an hypothesized disease determinant can be ascertained in both groups.

case fatality rate

the proportion of cases with a specified condition which die within a specified time.

case finding

the strategy of surveying a population to find the sick animals that are the foci of infection; an essential early step in the eradication of any disease.

case history

the collected data concerning an individual, contact and related animals, environment and management procedures, including any past medical history and any other information that may be useful in analyzing and diagnosing the case or for instructional or research purposes.

index case

the first case recorded in an outbreak.

case management

care of a sick animal including specific and supportive medication, surgical intervention, housing, bedding, nutrition, restraint, collection of specimens for submission to laboratory or stall-side tests.

case population

the group of animals in the total population which are sick or infected, as distinct from the control population, which are not sick or infected.

case recording

entry in records of the clinical findings of individual sick animals. May be structured or unstructured, paper or machine, with or without the accounting record for the case.