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Qualifier English: diagnosis
Qualifier Spanish: diagnóstico
Descriptor diagnóstico
Scope note: Usado con enfermedades para referirse a todos los aspectos del diagnóstico, incluidos la exploración física, el diagnóstico diferencial y el pronóstico; se excluyen los cribados masivos, para los que se reserva el calificador "/prevención & control". Excluye también el radiodiagnóstico, el diagnóstico escintigráfico y el diagnóstico por ultrasonidos, para los que se utiliza "/diagnóstico por imagen".
Qualifier Portuguese: diagnóstico
Qualifier French: diagnostic
Entry term(s): findings
screening
signs
symptoms
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000175
Scope note: Used with diseases for all aspects of diagnosis, including examination, differential diagnosis and prognosis. Excludes diagnosis using imaging techniques (e.g. radiography, scintigraphy, and ultrasonography) for which "diagnostic imaging" is used.
Annotation: subheading only; includes "examination", "symptoms"
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Online Note: search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/DI or DI (SH) or SUBS APPLY DI
History Note: 66; used with Category C & F 1966-74; C & F3 1975 forward
Entry Version: DIAG
Abbreviation: DI
DeCS ID: 22016
Unique ID: Q000175
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1973/12/27
Revision Date: 2017/04/11
diagnosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0030360
Scope note Used with diseases for all aspects of diagnosis, including examination, differential diagnosis and prognosis. Excludes diagnosis using imaging techniques (e.g. radiography, scintigraphy, and ultrasonography) for which "diagnostic imaging" is used.
Preferred term diagnosis
symptoms - Narrower
Concept UI M0030365
Preferred term symptoms
signs - Narrower
Concept UI M0030363
Preferred term signs
findings - Narrower
Concept UI M0030364
Preferred term findings
screening - Narrower
Concept UI M0030362
Preferred term screening



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