| Descriptor English: | Wasting Syndrome | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Síndrome Debilitante
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Síndrome de Emaciação | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Syndrome cachectique | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Wasting Disease Wasting Diseases Wasting Syndromes |
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| Tree number(s): |
C18.452.915 C18.654.940 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019282 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A condition of involuntary weight loss of greater then 10% of baseline body weight. It is characterized by atrophy of muscles and depletion of lean body mass. Wasting is a sign of MALNUTRITION as a result of inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, or hypermetabolism. |
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| Annotation: | human or animal; do not confuse with CACHEXIA: do not make diagnoses, use words of text; HIV WASTING SYNDROME is also available |
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| 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 |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 97 |
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| History Note: | 97 |
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| Related: |
Cachexia
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 32961 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D019282 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1997/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1996/06/10 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2006/07/05 |
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Wasting Syndrome
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0028712 |
| Scope note | A condition of involuntary weight loss of greater then 10% of baseline body weight. It is characterized by atrophy of muscles and depletion of lean body mass. Wasting is a sign of MALNUTRITION as a result of inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, or hypermetabolism. |
| Preferred term | Wasting Syndrome |
| Entry term(s) |
Wasting Disease Wasting Diseases Wasting Syndromes |
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