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Descriptor English: Hyperemia
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperemia
Descriptor hiperemia
Scope note: Presencia de un incremento en la cantidad de sangre en una parte del cuerpo o en un órgano, que provoca congestión y encharcamiento de los vasos sanguíneos. Puede deberse a un incremento del flujo de sangre en determinada area (activa o arterial) o a una obstrucción del drenaje sanguíneo de dicha area (pasiva o venosa).
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperemia
Descriptor French: Hyperhémie
Entry term(s): Active Hyperemia
Arterial Hyperemia
Congestion, Venous
Engorgement, Venous
Hyperemia, Active
Hyperemia, Arterial
Hyperemia, Passive
Hyperemia, Reactive
Hyperemias
Hyperemias, Reactive
Passive Hyperemia
Reactive Hyperemia
Reactive Hyperemias
Venous Congestion
Venous Engorgement
Tree number(s): C14.907.474
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006940
Scope note: The presence of an increased amount of blood in a body part or an organ leading to congestion or engorgement of blood vessels. Hyperemia can be due to increase of blood flow into the area (active or arterial), or due to obstruction of outflow of blood from the area (passive or venous).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 1966; for VENOUS ENGORGEMENT see VEINS 1978-2006
History Note: 1966; for VENOUS ENGORGEMENT use VEINS 1978-2006
DeCS ID: 7120
Unique ID: D006940
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Hyperemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0010821
Scope note The presence of an increased amount of blood in a body part or an organ leading to congestion or engorgement of blood vessels. Hyperemia can be due to increase of blood flow into the area (active or arterial), or due to obstruction of outflow of blood from the area (passive or venous).
Preferred term Hyperemia
Entry term(s) Hyperemias
Active Hyperemia - Narrower
Concept UI M0500887
Preferred term Active Hyperemia
Entry term(s) Arterial Hyperemia
Hyperemia, Active
Hyperemia, Arterial
Venous Engorgement - Narrower
Concept UI M0022582
Preferred term Venous Engorgement
Entry term(s) Congestion, Venous
Engorgement, Venous
Hyperemia, Passive
Passive Hyperemia
Venous Congestion
Reactive Hyperemia - Narrower
Concept UI M0500888
Preferred term Reactive Hyperemia
Entry term(s) Hyperemia, Reactive
Hyperemias, Reactive
Reactive Hyperemias



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