PROCEEDINGS IPMU '08
Evaluation of Disease Severity and Patient Disability Using the LSP Method
Jozo J. Dujmovic, Jeffrey W. Ralph, M.D., Leslie J. Dorfman, M.D.
We present quantitative models for
evaluation of disease severity and
patient disability using the LSP method.
We use as an example peripheral
neuropathy, a common neurological
condition with many causes and a wide
range of severities. LSP models can
incorporate both subjective symptoms
and objective impairments; can be used
by both doctors and patients to
quantitatively evaluate the current level
of severity or disability; and can be
applied serially to analyze the
progression of disease over time and the
response to treatment. The presented
method is generally applicable to all
medical evaluations where it is
important to create precise quantitative
severity or disability models based on
sophisticated logic conditions.
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