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Descriptor English: Emergencies
Descriptor Spanish: Urgencias Médicas
Descriptor urgencias
Entry term(s) emergencias
Scope note: Situaciones o afecciones que requieren una intervención inmediata para evitar resultados adversos graves.
Descriptor Portuguese: Emergências
Descriptor French: Urgences
Entry term(s): Emergency
Tree number(s): C23.550.291.781
N06.230.100.083
N06.850.376
SP8.475
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004630
Scope note: Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.
Annotation: EMERGENCY MEDICINE is the corresponding specialty; emergencies in specific diseases: coordinate NIM with specific disease (IM); "drug emergencies": coordinate NIM with specific drug or chemical with probably /pois (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EP epidemiology
HI history
NU nursing
PX psychology
VE veterinary
Related: Crisis Intervention MeSH
Critical Care MeSH
Emergency Treatment MeSH
First Aid MeSH
Hotlines MeSH
DeCS ID: 4705
Unique ID: D004630
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: 2008/07/08
Emergencies - Preferred
Concept UI M0007266
Scope note Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.
Preferred term Emergencies
Entry term(s) Emergency



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