durable medical equipment

Preferred Label : durable medical equipment;

MeSH definition : Devices which are very resistant to wear and may be used over a long period of time. They include items such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, artificial limbs, etc.;

MeSH synonym : equipment, medical, durable; medical equipment, durable; equipment, durable medical;

MeSH annotation : DF: DURABLE MED EQUIPMENT;

Details

Origin ID

D004389;

UMLS CUI

C0013314;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Durable Medical Equipment [DeCS]
- Durable medical equipment (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- durable medical equipment [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- conservation of natural resources [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Durable medical equipment (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]

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