screening
(skrēn′ing)
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1. Evaluation of patients for diseases such as cancer, heart disease, or substance abuse before these conditions become clinically obvious. Screening can play an important part in the early diagnosis and management of selected illnesses and in some instances may prolong lives.
SYN: SEE: screening test
2. In psychiatry, the initial examination to determine the mental status of a person and the appropriate initial therapy.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Screening." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732115/0/screening.
Screening. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732115/0/screening. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Screening. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732115/0/screening
Screening [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 August 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732115/0/screening.
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