| Descriptor English: | Pneumothorax, Artificial | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Neumotórax Artificial 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pneumotórax Artificial | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Pneumothorax artificiel | ||||
| Entry term(s): | Artificial Pneumothorax Artificial Pneumothoraxs Pneumothoraxs, Artificial | ||||
| Tree number(s): | E04.928.600.220.620 | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011031 | ||||
| Scope note: | Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the PLEURAL CAVITY to collapse the lung. | ||||
| Annotation: | coordinate with disease /surg; do not confuse with PNEUMOTHORAX, a disease | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AE                                                            adverse effects CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology RH rehabilitation SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 11461 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D011031 | ||||
| NLM Classification: | WF 768 | ||||
| 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: | 2012/09/27 | 
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                | Concept UI | M0017084 | 
| Scope note | Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the PLEURAL CAVITY to collapse the lung. | 
| Preferred term | Pneumothorax, Artificial | 
| Entry term(s) | Artificial Pneumothorax Artificial Pneumothoraxs Pneumothoraxs, Artificial | 
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