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Descriptor English: Head-Down Tilt
Descriptor Spanish: Inclinación de Cabeza
Descriptor decúbito declive
Entry term(s) posición de Trendelenburg
posición declive
Scope note: Postura adoptada en decúbito con la cabeza en un plano inferior al resto del cuerpo. Mantener esta posición durante un tiempo prolongado se asocia con trastornos fisiológicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Decúbito Inclinado com Rebaixamento da Cabeça
Descriptor French: Position déclive
Entry term(s): Head Down Tilt
Position, Trendelenburg
Tilt, Head-Down
Trendelenburg Position
Tree number(s): G11.427.695.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018475
Scope note: Posture while lying with the head lower than the rest of the body. Extended time in this position is associated with temporary physiologic disturbances.
Annotation: not restricted to space flight; /adv eff /physiol permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
PH physiology
Previous Indexing: Posture (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Related: Tilt-Table Test MeSH
DeCS ID: 32208
Unique ID: D018475
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Head-Down Tilt - Preferred
Concept UI M0027710
Scope note Posture while lying with the head lower than the rest of the body. Extended time in this position is associated with temporary physiologic disturbances.
Preferred term Head-Down Tilt
Entry term(s) Head Down Tilt
Tilt, Head-Down
Trendelenburg Position - Narrower
Concept UI M0027711
Preferred term Trendelenburg Position
Entry term(s) Position, Trendelenburg



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