DeCS

Descriptor English:

Breath Holding

Descriptor Spanish:

Contencion de la Respiración

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	suspensión de la respiración
Scope note:	Pausa involuntaria o voluntaria, en ocasiones acompañada de pérdida del conocimiento.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Suspensão da Respiração

Descriptor French:

Pause respiratoire

Entry term(s):

Breath Holdings
Holding, Breath
Holdings, Breath

Tree number(s):

G09.772.705.349

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062485

Scope note:

An involuntary or voluntary pause in breathing, sometimes accompanied by loss of consciousness.

Allowable Qualifiers:

DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
RE radiation effects

Previous Indexing:

Respiration (1967-2012)

Public MeSH Note:

2013

History Note:

2013

DeCS ID:

55112

Unique ID:

D062485

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2013/01/01

Date of Entry:

2012/07/03

Revision Date:

2016/06/02

PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES

Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09]

Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09.772]

Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

Respiration [G09.772.705]

Respiration

Breath Holding [G09.772.705.349]

Breath Holding

Respiratory Mechanics [G09.772.705.700]

Respiratory Mechanics

Respiratory Rate [G09.772.705.730]

Respiratory Rate

Respiratory Transport [G09.772.705.760]

Respiratory Transport

Breath Holding - Preferred

Concept UI	M0568485
Scope note	An involuntary or voluntary pause in breathing, sometimes accompanied by loss of consciousness.
Preferred term	Breath Holding
Entry term(s)	Breath Holdings Holding, Breath Holdings, Breath

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