geriatrics - CISMeF

Preferred Label : geriatrics;

MeSH definition : The branch of medicine concerned with the physiological and pathological aspects of the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.;

MeSH Hyperonym : gerontology;

MeSH annotation : specialty; when permitted for geriatric diseases: Manual 28.9.1;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatrics;

Details

Origin ID

D005853;

UMLS CUI

C0017469;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Critical care medicine [EDAM topic]
- Geriatric medicine [EDAM topic]
- Geriatrics [HPMULTI term]
- Geriatrics [PASCAL theme]
- Geriatrics [FRANCIS theme]
- Geriatrics specialist (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gerontology [UNESCO concept]
Metaterm(s)
- geriatrics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- geriatrics [MeSH concept]
- gerontology [MeSH concept]
See also
- aged [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- elder abuse [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Geriatric [NCIt concept]
- Geriatric use section [LOINC component]
- Old-age (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]

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