| Descriptor English: | Patient Positioning | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Posicionamiento del Paciente
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Posicionamento do Paciente | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Positionnement du patient | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Patient Positionings Positioning, Patient Positionings, Patient |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.760.670 N02.421.585.700 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056888 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Moving a patient into a specific position or POSTURE to facilitate examination, surgery, or for therapeutic purposes. |
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| Annotation: | do not confuse with MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS |
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| 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 |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2010 |
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| History Note: | 2010 |
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| Related: |
Moving and Lifting Patients
MeSH Posture MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 53693 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D056888 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2010/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2009/07/06 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/29 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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Patient Positioning
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| Concept UI |
M0529729 |
| Scope note | Moving a patient into a specific position or POSTURE to facilitate examination, surgery, or for therapeutic purposes. |
| Preferred term | Patient Positioning |
| Entry term(s) |
Patient Positionings Positioning, Patient Positionings, Patient |
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