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Descriptor English: Catheters
Descriptor Spanish: Catéteres
Descriptor catéteres
Entry term(s) catéter
Scope note: Dispositivos tubulares flexibles que se utilizan para introducir o extraer líquidos de un vaso sanguíneo, un órgano hueco o una cavidad corporal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cateteres
Descriptor French: Cathéters
Entry term(s): Catheter
Tree number(s): E07.132
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057785
Scope note: A flexible, tubular device that is used to carry fluids into or from a blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Catheterization or specifics (1960-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 54279
Unique ID: D057785
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Catheters - Preferred
Concept UI M0003663
Scope note A flexible, tubular device that is used to carry fluids into or from a blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity.
Preferred term Catheters
Entry term(s) Catheter



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