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Descriptor English: Lower Body Negative Pressure
Descriptor Spanish: Presión Negativa de la Región Corporal Inferior
Descriptor presión negativa corporal inferior
Entry term(s) descompresión abdominal
Scope note: Descompresión externa aplicada a la región inferior del cuerpo. Se utiliza para estudiar la intolerancia ortostática y los efectos de la gravedad y aceleración, para producir hemorragias simuladas en la investigación fisiológica, evaluar la función cardiovascular, y reducir la tensión abdominal durante el parto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pressão Negativa da Região Corporal Inferior
Descriptor French: Dépression de la partie inférieure du corps
Entry term(s): Abdominal Decompression
Decompression, Abdominal
LBNP
Tree number(s): E02.278.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008150
Scope note: External decompression applied to the lower body. It is used to study orthostatic intolerance and the effects of gravitation and acceleration, to produce simulated hemorrhage in physiologic research, to assess cardiovascular function, and to reduce abdominal stress during childbirth.
Annotation: "external decompression applied to the lower body"; used in physiol research & ther
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
Previous Indexing: Atmospheric Pressure (1966-1979)
Pressure (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under DECOMPRESSION 1980-90
History Note: 91(80); was see under DECOMPRESSION 1980-90
DeCS ID: 8325
Unique ID: D008150
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/03/08
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Lower Body Negative Pressure - Preferred
Concept UI M0012709
Scope note External decompression applied to the lower body. It is used to study orthostatic intolerance and the effects of gravitation and acceleration, to produce simulated hemorrhage in physiologic research, to assess cardiovascular function, and to reduce abdominal stress during childbirth.
Preferred term Lower Body Negative Pressure
Entry term(s) Abdominal Decompression
Decompression, Abdominal
LBNP



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