DeCS

Descriptor English:

HIV Wasting Syndrome

Descriptor Spanish:

Síndrome de Emaciación por VIH

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	síndrome de emaciación por VIH
Entry term(s)	caquexia del sida emaciación por VIH enfermedad caquéctica por VIH síndrome caquéctico asociado al VIH síndrome caquéctico del sida síndrome consuntivo por VIH síndrome de emaciación del sida síndrome de emaciación por el VIH
Scope note:	Adelgazamiento involuntario con una pérdida de peso superior al 10 por ciento que se asocia a fiebre intermitente o constante y diarrea crónica o fatiga durante más de 30 días, sin que exista una causa definida aparte de la infección por el VIH. Una característica constante es la pérdida importante de la masa muscular, con degeneración difusa de las miofibrillas. Diversas causas, que varían de un paciente a otro, contribuyen a producir este síndrome. (Traducción libre del original: Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p. 1611)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Síndrome de Emaciação por Infecção pelo HIV

Descriptor French:

Syndrome cachectique lié au VIH

Entry term(s):

AIDS Wasting Syndrome
HIV Wasting Disease
Slim Disease
Wasting Disease, HIV
Wasting Syndrome, AIDS
Wasting Syndrome, HIV

Tree number(s):

C01.221.250.875.520
C01.221.812.640.400.520
C01.778.640.400.520
C01.925.782.815.616.400.520
C01.925.813.400.520
C12.100.937.640.400.520
C18.452.915.520
C18.654.940.520
C20.673.480.520

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019247

Scope note:

Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).

Allowable Qualifiers:

BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
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

Concept UI	M0028660
Scope note	Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).
Preferred term	HIV Wasting Syndrome
Entry term(s)	AIDS Wasting Syndrome HIV Wasting Disease Slim Disease Wasting Disease, HIV Wasting Syndrome, AIDS Wasting Syndrome, HIV

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