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Descriptor English: Burns
Descriptor Spanish: Quemaduras
Descriptor quemaduras
Scope note: Lesiones tisulares producidas por contacto con calor, vapor, productos químicos (QUEMADURAS QUIMICAS), electricidad (QUEMADURAS POR ELECTRICIDAD), o similares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Queimaduras
Descriptor French: Brûlures
Entry term(s): Burn
Tree number(s): C26.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002056
Scope note: Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; "thermal injury"; burn shock: coordinate with SHOCK, TRAUMATIC
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
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
Entry Combination: chemically induced:Burns, Chemical
DeCS ID: 2088
Unique ID: D002056
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
Burns - Preferred
Concept UI M0003064
Scope note Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (BURNS, CHEMICAL), electricity (BURNS, ELECTRIC), or the like.
Preferred term Burns
Entry term(s) Burn



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