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Descriptor English: Meconium Ileus
Descriptor Spanish: Íleo Meconial
Descriptor íleo meconial
Scope note: Obstrucción intestinal provocada por MECONIO solidificado en la porción distal del ÍLEON y el CIEGO. Se suele presentar, poco después del nacimiento, como un fracaso de la progresión del meconio y frecuentemente ocurre en neonatos con FIBROSIS QUÍSTICA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Íleo Meconial
Descriptor French: Iléus méconial
Entry term(s): Ileus, Meconium
Tree number(s): C06.405.469.531.788
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074270
Scope note: Intestinal obstruction caused by congealed MECONIUM in the distal ILEUM and CECUM. It presents shortly after birth as a failure to pass meconium and frequently occurs in infants with CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
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: Intestinal Obstruction (1963-2017)
Meconium (1963-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 56942
Unique ID: D000074270
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Meconium Ileus - Preferred
Concept UI M000625888
Scope note Intestinal obstruction caused by congealed MECONIUM in the distal ILEUM and CECUM. It presents shortly after birth as a failure to pass meconium and frequently occurs in infants with CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
Preferred term Meconium Ileus
Entry term(s) Ileus, Meconium



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