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Descriptor English: Instillation, Drug
Descriptor Spanish: Instilación de Medicamentos
Descriptor instilación de medicamentos
Entry term(s) instilación medicamentosa
Scope note: Administración de agentes terapéuticos gota a gota, como las gotas oculares (colirios), óticas o nasales. También pueden ser administrados al interior de un espacio o cavidad corporal a través de un catéter. Difiere de la irrigación en que el medicamento irrigado se elimina en minutos, mientras que el instilado se mantiene en el lugar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Instilação de Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Instillation de médicaments
Entry term(s): Drug Instillation
Drug Instillations
Instillations, Drug
Tree number(s): E02.319.267.641
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007322
Scope note: The administration of therapeutic agents drop by drop, as eye drops, ear drops, or nose drops. It is also administered into a body space or cavity through a catheter. It differs from THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION in that the irrigate is removed within minutes, but the instillate is left in place.
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
DeCS ID: 19212
Unique ID: D007322
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Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/06/19
Revision Date: 2011/07/01
Instillation, Drug - Preferred
Concept UI M0011406
Scope note The administration of therapeutic agents drop by drop, as eye drops, ear drops, or nose drops. It is also administered into a body space or cavity through a catheter. It differs from THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION in that the irrigate is removed within minutes, but the instillate is left in place.
Preferred term Instillation, Drug
Entry term(s) Drug Instillation
Drug Instillations
Instillations, Drug



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