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Descriptor English: Durable Medical Equipment
Descriptor Spanish: Equipo Médico Durable
Descriptor equipos médicos duraderos
Entry term(s) equipos médicos no fungibles
Scope note: Aparatos muy resistentes al uso que pueden ser utilizados durante un período de tiempo prolongado. Incluyen sillas de ruedas, camas hospitalarias, extremidades artificiales, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Equipamentos Médicos Duráveis
Descriptor French: Matériel médical durable
Entry term(s): Equipment, Durable Medical
Equipment, Medical, Durable
Medical Equipment, Durable
Tree number(s): E07.278
VS2.006.002.002
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004389
Scope note: Devices which are very resistant to wear and may be used over a long period of time. They include items such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, artificial limbs, etc.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
Entry Version: DURABLE MED EQUIPMENT
DeCS ID: 22887
Unique ID: D004389
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Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/05/02
Revision Date: 2017/06/01
Durable Medical Equipment - Preferred
Concept UI M0006893
Scope note Devices which are very resistant to wear and may be used over a long period of time. They include items such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, artificial limbs, etc.
Preferred term Durable Medical Equipment
Entry term(s) Equipment, Durable Medical
Equipment, Medical, Durable
Medical Equipment, Durable



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