DeCS

Descriptor English:

Palpation

Descriptor Spanish:

Palpación

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	palpación
Scope note:	Aplicación de los dedos, con presión ligera, sobre la superficie corporal para determinar en el diagnóstico físico la consistencia de las partes subyacentes; la palpación comprende también la determinación del contorno de los órganos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Palpação

Descriptor French:

Palpation

Tree number(s):

E01.370.600.600

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010173

Scope note:

Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.

Annotation:

do not confuse with "palpitation" ( = HEART RATE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC or specific arrhythmia)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE effets indésirables
CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
MO mortalité
MT méthodes
NU soins infirmiers
PX psychologie
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
VE médecine vétérinaire

DeCS ID:

10361

Unique ID:

D010173

NLM Classification:

WB 275

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01