moving and lifting patients

Preferred Label : moving and lifting patients;

MeSH definition : Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.;

MeSH synonym : Moving, Patient; Movings, Patient; Patient Movings; Patient Repositioning; Patient Repositionings; Repositioning, Patient; Repositionings, Patient; Patient Moving and Lifting; Patient Lifting; Lifting, Patient; Liftings, Patient; Patient Liftings; Patient Moving;

Related MeSH term : patient handling; Handling, Patient; Handlings, Patient; Patient Handlings;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for administrative reasons with regard to special care or economics) or with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or with PATIENT POSITIONING;

Details

Origin ID

D055805;

UMLS CUI

C2362912;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Moving a patient (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- moving a patient, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- moving and lifting patients [MeSH concept]
- patient handling [MeSH concept]
See also
- patient positioning [MeSH Descriptor]
- transportation of patients [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- early ambulation [MeSH Descriptor]
- lifting [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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