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Descriptor English: Pneumothorax, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Neumotórax Artificial
Descriptor neumotórax artificial
Scope note: Inyección de aire o de un gas que se absorbe más lentamente, como el nitrógeno, en el interior de la CAVIDAD PLEURAL para colapsar el pulmón.
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
Pneumothorax, Artificial - Preferred
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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