placebos - CISMeF

Preferred Label : placebos;

MeSH definition : Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol.;

MeSH synonym : sham treatment;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Placebo;

MeSH annotation : usually NIM; do not index routinely for articles on CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; etc., unless particularly discussed; Manual 18.12.13;

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

Details

Origin ID

D010919;

UMLS CUI

C0032042;

Allowable qualifiers
- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Placebo Control [NCIt concept]
- Placebos [HPMULTI term]
Record concept(s)
- placebos [MeSH concept]
See also
- Mind-Body therapies [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- placebo effect [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Placebo given (situation) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Placebo [NCIt concept]
- Placebos [DeCS]

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