DeCS

Descriptor English:

Baths

Descriptor Spanish:

Baños

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	baños
Entry term(s)	baño
Scope note:	Inmersión o lavado del cuerpo o de cualquiera de sus partes en agua o en cualquier otro medio de limpieza o de tratamiento médico. Comprende el baño con fines higiénicos personales así como para fines médicos con la adición de agentes terapéuticos, como alcalinos, antisépticos, aceites, etc.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Banhos

Descriptor French:

Bains

Tree number(s):

E02.056.110

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001494

Scope note:

The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc.

Annotation:

for personal hygiene or med treatment; at home or in hosp, often not plain water (see note on HYDROTHERAPY), usually with additives; do not confuse with BALNEOLOGY (see note there); general only or unspecified; prefer specifics; note MUD BATHS see MUD THERAPY & SAND BATHS see AMMOTHERAPY; bathing in seawater is probably CLIMATOTHERAPY

Allowable Qualifiers:

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

DeCS ID:

1514

Unique ID:

D001494

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2015/06/26