"Patient morbidity" refers to the negative impact or harm caused to a patient's health due to a disease, medical condition, or complications arising from medical treatment. It signifies the overall sickness or suffering experienced by a patient.
Full definition
Modern sterilization procedures account for the sharp decrease
in patient morbidity in the medical practice.
Thereby, errors in technique or judgment become teachable moments rather than incidents
of patient morbidity and mortality.
The goal of the lab's research is to prevent adverse drug reactions in veterinary patients, which
increase patient morbidity and mortality, and add to the overall cost of veterinary care.
Comparator: Increase in knowledge or skills or positive change in practice or improvement
in patient morbidity, mortality or satisfaction compared to no increase, change or improvement respectively.
Tumor metastasis is a leading cause
of patient morbidity and mortality, and no treatments are currently available that specifically target metastasis formation.
When MRSA colonies invade host tissue, they release toxins that cause tissue injury leading to
patient morbidity.