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Descriptor English: Airway Obstruction
Descriptor Spanish: Obstrucción de las Vías Aéreas
Descriptor obstrucción de las vías aéreas
Entry term(s) ahogo
Scope note: Cualquier obstáculo al paso del aire hacia dentro y fuera de los pulmones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Obstrução das Vias Respiratórias
Descriptor French: Obstruction des voies aériennes
Entry term(s): Airway Obstructions
Choking
Obstruction, Airway
Obstructions, Airway
Tree number(s): C08.618.846.185
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000402
Scope note: Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs.
Annotation: acute; chronic airway obstruction = PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION is also available
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
Previous Indexing: Respiratory Tract Diseases (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(71)
DeCS ID: 405
Unique ID: D000402
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Airway Obstruction - Preferred
Concept UI M0000610
Scope note Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the lungs.
Preferred term Airway Obstruction
Entry term(s) Airway Obstructions
Obstruction, Airway
Obstructions, Airway
Choking - Narrower
Concept UI M0000611
Preferred term Choking



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