phototherapy - CISMeF

Preferred Label : phototherapy;

MeSH definition : Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths.;

MeSH synonym : light therapies; light therapy; phototherapies; therapy, light; therapy, photoradiation; photoradiation therapies; therapies, photoradiation; therapies, light; photoradiation therapy;

MeSH hyponym : Blue Light Therapies; Light Therapies, Blue; Light Therapy, Blue; Therapies, Blue Light; Therapy, Blue Light; Blue-light Therapy; Blue-light Therapies; Therapies, Blue-light; Therapy, Blue-light; Light Phototherapies, Red; Light Phototherapy, Red; Phototherapies, Red Light; Phototherapy, Red Light; Red Light Phototherapies;

MeSH annotation : coord disease with /ther, not /radiother; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; COLOR THERAPY; & ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY are also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light therapy;

Details

Origin ID

D010789;

UMLS CUI

C0031765;

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)
- Light Therapy [PCS menu]
- Light Therapy [PCS code]
- Light Therapy [ICNP mean]
- Light Therapy [ICNP intervention]
- Photodynamic Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Phototherapy [PCS menu]
- Phototherapy [ICHI intervention]
- phototherapy [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- Blue Light [MeSH Descriptor]
- Green Light [MeSH Descriptor]
- Red Light [MeSH Descriptor]
- light [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Blue Light Therapy [MeSH concept]
- Red Light Phototherapy [MeSH concept]
- phototherapy [MeSH concept]
See also
- light [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Light Therapy [ICNP intervention]
- Light therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Phototherapies [MedDRA High Level Term]
- Phototherapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Phototherapy [NCIt concept]
- phototherapy [Disease (Nov.)]
- phototherapy, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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