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Descriptor English: Death, Sudden
Descriptor Spanish: Muerte Súbita
Descriptor muerte súbita
Scope note: Cese súbito de todas las funciones vitales del cuerpo, se manifiesta por la pérdida permanente y total de las funciones cerebral, respiratoria y cardiovascular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Morte Súbita
Descriptor French: Mort subite
Entry term(s): Sudden Death
Tree number(s): C23.550.260.322
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003645
Scope note: The abrupt cessation of all vital bodily functions, manifested by the permanent loss of total cerebral, respiratory, and cardiovascular functions.
Annotation: DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
VE veterinary
Related: Resuscitation MeSH
Sudden Infant Death MeSH
DeCS ID: 3662
Unique ID: D003645
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Death, Sudden - Preferred
Concept UI M0005707
Scope note The abrupt cessation of all vital bodily functions, manifested by the permanent loss of total cerebral, respiratory, and cardiovascular functions.
Preferred term Death, Sudden
Entry term(s) Sudden Death



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