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index patient
Index case Clinical research The first medically-identified Pt in a family or other group, with a particular condition, often an infection, which triggers a line of investigation. See Cohort, Proband.
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The index patient and the other 6 employees of the salon regularly provided services to each another.
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2 mV) on the baseline ECG of the index patient, 2-"Normalization" of the T wave inversion (isoelectric ST segment and upright T wave) during an episode of ischemic chest pain, and 3-Reversion of the T wave inversion to their baseline appearance, following resolution of the chest pain (5).
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In conditional referral, index patients are encouraged to notify the partners, and then providers or disease intervention specialists carry out the notification and management activities if the partners do not show up for or receive medical evaluation and treatment within a specified period of time.
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