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Descriptor English: Insufflation
Descriptor Spanish: Insuflación
Descriptor insuflación
Scope note: Acto de introducir polvo, vapor o gas, en cualquier cavidad corporal con fines experimentales, de diagnóstico o terapéutico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Insuflação
Descriptor French: Insufflation
Entry term(s): Insufflations
Tree number(s): E01.370.450
E02.583
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007327
Scope note: The act of blowing a powder, vapor, or gas into any body cavity for experimental, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
DeCS ID: 23322
Unique ID: D007327
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/06/20
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Insufflation - Preferred
Concept UI M0011413
Scope note The act of blowing a powder, vapor, or gas into any body cavity for experimental, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.
Preferred term Insufflation
Entry term(s) Insufflations



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