Odynophagia means painful swallowing. Sometimes it is not easy for individuals to distinguish between odynophagia and dysphagia. For example, food that sticks in the esophagus often is painful. Is this dysphagia or odynophagia or both? Technically it is dysphagia, but individuals may describe it as painful swallowing (i.e., odynophagia).
Case Mix Index (CMI) is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group. (DRG/MSDRG) of patients in a medical care environment. The CMI value is used in. determining the allocation of resources to care for and/or treat the patients in the group. Patients are classified into groups having the same condition (based on Principal and. Secondary Diagnoses, Procedures, Age), complexity (comorbidity) and needs. These.
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.esearch on CMC focuses largely on the social effects of different computer-supported communication technologies. Many recent studies involve Internet-based social networking supported by social software.