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Descriptor English: Compliance
Descriptor Spanish: Adaptabilidad
Descriptor distensibilidad
Scope note: Medida de la distensibilidad de una cámara, como los pulmones (DISTENSIBILIDAD PULMONAR) o la vejiga. La distensibilidad se expresa como un cambio en el volumen por unidad de cambio de la presión.
Descriptor Portuguese: Complacência (Medida de Distensibilidade)
Descriptor French: Compliance
Tree number(s): G01.374.590.210
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003187
Scope note: Distensibility measure of a chamber such as the lungs (LUNG COMPLIANCE) or bladder. Compliance is expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure.
Annotation: NIM; note category; LUNG COMPLIANCE is available; do not confuse with PATIENT COMPLIANCE
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ELASTICITY 1970-90
Online Note: use ELASTICITY to search COMPLIANCE 1968-74 (as Prov 1968-69)
History Note: 91(68); was see under ELASTICITY 1968-90 (Prov 1968-69)
DeCS ID: 3218
Unique ID: D003187
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Compliance - Preferred
Concept UI M0004942
Scope note Distensibility measure of a chamber such as the lungs (LUNG COMPLIANCE) or bladder. Compliance is expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure.
Preferred term Compliance



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