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Descriptor English: Neonatology
Descriptor Spanish: Neonatología
Descriptor neonatología
Scope note: Subespecialidad de la pediatría que se ocupa del recién nacido.
Descriptor Portuguese: Neonatologia
Descriptor French: Néonatologie
Tree number(s): H02.403.670.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009359
Scope note: A subspecialty of Pediatrics concerned with the newborn infant.
Annotation: differentiate from INFANT, NEWBORN, the physiological, psychological or social entity; differentiate from PERINATOLOGY: NEONATOLOGY covers newborn infant only, PERINATOLOGY covers fetus & infant
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Pediatrics (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 77
History Note: 77
Entry Version: NEONATOL
Related: Infant, Newborn MeSH
DeCS ID: 9552
Unique ID: D009359
NLM Classification: WS 21
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/13
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Neonatology - Preferred
Concept UI M0014572
Scope note A subspecialty of Pediatrics concerned with the newborn infant.
Preferred term Neonatology



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