| Descriptor English: | Whiplash Injuries | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Lesiones por Latigazo Cervical
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Traumatismos em Chicotada | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Traumatismes cervicaux en coup de fouet | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Injuries, Whiplash Injury, Whiplash Whiplash Injury |
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| Tree number(s): |
C26.700.500 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014911 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 73; was WHIPLASH INJURY 1963-72 |
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| Online Note: | use WHIPLASH INJURIES to search WHIPLASH INJURY 1966-72 |
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| History Note: | 73; was WHIPLASH INJURY 1963-72 |
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| Entry Version: | WHIPLASH INJ |
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| DeCS ID: | 15311 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D014911 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WE 708 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1973/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
Whiplash Injuries
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0022970 |
| Scope note | Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) |
| Preferred term | Whiplash Injuries |
| Entry term(s) |
Injuries, Whiplash Injury, Whiplash Whiplash Injury |
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