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Descriptor English: Life Support Systems
Descriptor Spanish: Sistemas de Manutención de la Vida
Descriptor sistemas de mantenimiento de vida
Entry term(s) sistemas de mantenimiento vital
sistemas de soporte vital
Scope note: Sistemas que proporcionan todo o la mayor parte de lo necesario para el mantenimiento de la vida y la salud. Se toman medidas para proporcionar oxígeno, alimento, agua, control de la temperatura y presión, y para eliminar el dióxido de carbono y los desechos corporales. El medio puede ser una nave espacial, un submarino o la superficie de la luna. En la atención médica, generalmente en el ámbito hospitalario, se dispone de CUIDADOS PARA LA SUSTENTACIÓN DE LA VIDA. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistemas de Manutenção da Vida
Descriptor French: Systèmes de maintien de vie
Entry term(s): Life Support System
Support System, Life
Support Systems, Life
System, Life Support
Systems, Life Support
Tree number(s): N06.230.150.391
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008021
Scope note: Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
Annotation: do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT CARE: read MeSH definition
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under SEALED CABIN ECOLOGY 1966-90
History Note: 91(66); was see under SEALED CABIN ECOLOGY 1966-90
Related: Incubators MeSH
DeCS ID: 8197
Unique ID: D008021
NLM Classification: WD 756
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Life Support Systems - Preferred
Concept UI M0012505
Scope note Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
Preferred term Life Support Systems
Entry term(s) Life Support System
Support System, Life
Support Systems, Life
System, Life Support
Systems, Life Support



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