Late effect
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 580923 |
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| Definition: | A persistent complication, disability or adverse outcome that appears after the acute stage of a disease has resolved (excluding a recurrence or progression of disease). This may be as a result of the treatment, the disease process, or both. Examples of late effects are infertility, hyperthyroidism, fatigue, scoliosis and cognitive impairment. |
Relational attributes | |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Late effect indicator
Late effect type
Person with cancer—date of late effect
Person with cancer—date of late effect, DDMMYYYY
Person with cancer—late effect indicator
Person with cancer—late effect indicator, yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N
Person with cancer—late effect type
Person with cancer—late effect type, text X[X(399)]
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