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Descriptor English: Unnecessary Procedures
Descriptor Spanish: Procedimientos Innecesarios
Descriptor procedimientos innecesarios
Entry term(s) cirugía innecesaria
Scope note: Pruebas diagnósticas, procedimientos terapéuticos y de investigación prescritos y realizados por un profesional sanitario cuyos resultados no justifican los beneficios o los riesgos y costes para el paciente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Procedimentos Desnecessários
Descriptor French: Procédures superflues
Entry term(s): Procedure, Unnecessary
Procedures, Unnecessary
Surgery, Unnecessary
Unnecessary Procedure
Unnecessary Surgery
Tree number(s): N02.421.380.450.500
N05.300.150.395.450.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019564
Scope note: Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.
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: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33125
Unique ID: D019564
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Unnecessary Procedures - Preferred
Concept UI M0029054
Scope note Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.
Preferred term Unnecessary Procedures
Entry term(s) Procedure, Unnecessary
Procedures, Unnecessary
Unnecessary Procedure
Unnecessary Surgery - Narrower
Concept UI M0029053
Preferred term Unnecessary Surgery
Entry term(s) Surgery, Unnecessary



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