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Descriptor English: Polyhydramnios
Descriptor Spanish: Polihidramnios
Descriptor polihidramnios
Entry term(s) hidramnios
Scope note: Exceso de líquido amniótico mayor de 2,000 ml. Es una complicación obstétrica común cuyas principales causas incluyen la diabetes materna, trastornos cromosómicos, enfermedades isoinmunológicas, anomalías congénitas y gestaciones múltiples.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poli-Hidrâmnios
Descriptor French: Polyhydramnios
Entry term(s): Hydramnios
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.610
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006831
Scope note: A condition of abnormally high AMNIOTIC FLUID volume, such as greater than 2,000 ml in the LAST TRIMESTER and usually diagnosed by ultrasonographic criteria (AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX). It is associated with maternal DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS; and congenital abnormalities.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
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: 91; was HYDRAMNIOS 1963-90
Online Note: use POLYHYDRAMNIOS to search HYDRAMNIOS 1966-90
History Note: 91; was HYDRAMNIOS 1963-90
DeCS ID: 29250
Unique ID: D006831
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Polyhydramnios - Preferred
Concept UI M0010680
Scope note A condition of abnormally high AMNIOTIC FLUID volume, such as greater than 2,000 ml in the LAST TRIMESTER and usually diagnosed by ultrasonographic criteria (AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX). It is associated with maternal DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS; and congenital abnormalities.
Preferred term Polyhydramnios
Entry term(s) Hydramnios



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