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Descriptor English: Wounds, Gunshot
Descriptor Spanish: Heridas por Arma de Fuego
Descriptor heridas por arma de fuego
Entry term(s) heridas de bala
Scope note: Solución de la continuidad estructural del cuerpo como resultado de disparos de armas de fuego.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo
Descriptor French: Plaies par arme à feu
Entry term(s): Gunshot Wound
Gunshot Wounds
Wound, Gunshot
Tree number(s): C26.986.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014948
Scope note: Disruption of structural continuity of the body as a result of the discharge of firearms.
Annotation: coord IM with organ /inj (IM) or precoord inj term (IM); FORENSIC BALLISTICS is also available
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
Related: Forensic Ballistics MeSH
DeCS ID: 15346
Unique ID: D014948
NLM Classification: WO 807
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: 2010/06/25
Wounds, Gunshot - Preferred
Concept UI M0023022
Scope note Disruption of structural continuity of the body as a result of the discharge of firearms.
Preferred term Wounds, Gunshot
Entry term(s) Gunshot Wound
Gunshot Wounds
Wound, Gunshot



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