life support care

Preferred Label : life support care;

MeSH definition : Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.;

MeSH synonym : care, life support; prolongation of life; life prolongation;

MeSH hyponym : extraordinary treatment; Extraordinary Treatments; Treatment, Extraordinary; Treatments, Extraordinary;

MeSH annotation : extraordinary measures in patient care: do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS which is non-med;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life support care;

Details

Origin ID

D008020;

UMLS CUI

C0023677;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- critical care [MedlinePlus Topic]
Ne pas confondre avec
- life support systems [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- extraordinary treatment [MeSH concept]
- life support care [MeSH concept]
See also
- resuscitation orders [MeSH Descriptor]
- terminal care [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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