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Descriptor English: Tourniquets
Descriptor Spanish: Torniquetes
Descriptor torniquetes
Scope note: Instrumento para comprimir un vaso sanguíneo, que se aplica alrededor de una extremidad a fin de detener la circulación e impedir el flujo de sangre hacia o desde la región distal. (Dorland, 28a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Torniquetes
Descriptor French: Garrots
Entry term(s): Tourniquet
Tree number(s): E07.926
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014111
Scope note: Devices for the compression of a blood vessel by application around an extremity to control the circulation and prevent the flow of blood to or from the distal area. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(63)
DeCS ID: 14504
Unique ID: D014111
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Tourniquets - Preferred
Concept UI M0021718
Scope note Devices for the compression of a blood vessel by application around an extremity to control the circulation and prevent the flow of blood to or from the distal area. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Tourniquets
Entry term(s) Tourniquet



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