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Descriptor English: Life Support Care
Descriptor Spanish: Cuidados para Prolongación de la Vida
Descriptor asistencia para prolongar la vida
Entry term(s) soporte de las funciones vitales
tratamiento extraordinario
Scope note: Atención médica proporcionada a los pacientes que requieren medidas terapéuticas extraordinarias para mantener y prolongar la vida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cuidados para Prolongar a Vida
Descriptor French: Soins de maintien des fonctions vitales
Entry term(s): Care, Life Support
Extraordinary Treatment
Extraordinary Treatments
Life Prolongation
Prolongation of Life
Treatment, Extraordinary
Treatments, Extraordinary
Tree number(s): E02.760.440
N02.421.585.440
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008020
Scope note: Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
Annotation: extraordinary measures in patient care: do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS which is non-med
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Ethics, Medical (1966-1977)
Life Expectancy (1966-1977)
Longevity (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Related: Resuscitation Orders MeSH
DeCS ID: 8196
Unique ID: D008020
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Life Support Care - Preferred
Concept UI M0012504
Scope note Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
Preferred term Life Support Care
Entry term(s) Care, Life Support
Life Prolongation
Prolongation of Life
Extraordinary Treatment - Narrower
Concept UI M0012503
Preferred term Extraordinary Treatment
Entry term(s) Extraordinary Treatments
Treatment, Extraordinary
Treatments, Extraordinary



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