| Descriptor English: | Electric Injuries | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Traumatismos por Electricidad
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Traumatismos por Eletricidade | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Électrotraumatisme | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Accidental Electrocution Accidental Electrocutions Electric Injury Electrocution, Accidental Electrocutions, Accidental Injuries, Electric Injury, Electric |
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| Tree number(s): |
C26.324 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004556 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock. |
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| Annotation: | consider also BURNS, ELECTRIC; accidental shock by electricity is ELECTRIC INJURIES, not ELECTROSHOCK (for exper shock by electricity usually in psychol lit) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid 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: | 73; was ELECTRIC INJURY 1963-72 |
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| Online Note: | use ELECTRIC INJURIES to search ELECTRIC INJURY 1966-72 |
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| History Note: | 73; was ELECTRIC INJURY 1963-72 |
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| Entry Version: | ELECTRIC INJ |
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| DeCS ID: | 4628 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D004556 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1973/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
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Electric Injuries
- Preferred
Electrocution, Accidental
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0007166 |
| Scope note | Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock. |
| Preferred term | Electric Injuries |
| Entry term(s) |
Electric Injury Injuries, Electric Injury, Electric |
| Concept UI |
M0007167 |
| Preferred term | Electrocution, Accidental |
| Entry term(s) |
Accidental Electrocution Accidental Electrocutions Electrocutions, Accidental |
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