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Descriptor English: Obstetrics
Descriptor Spanish: Obstetricia
Descriptor obstetricia
Scope note: Especialidad medico-quirúrgica que se ocupa del tratamiento y de la atención sanitaria de la mujer durante el embarazo, parto y puerperio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Obstetrícia
Descriptor French: Obstétrique
Tree number(s): H02.403.810.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009774
Scope note: A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.
Annotation: specialty; do not use for "obstetric diseases" ( = probably PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, etc.)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Related: Obstetric Surgical Procedures MeSH
Pregnancy Complications MeSH
DeCS ID: 9959
Unique ID: D009774
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Obstetrics - Preferred
Concept UI M0015174
Scope note A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.
Preferred term Obstetrics



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