head-down tilt

Preferred Label : head-down tilt;

MeSH definition : Posture while lying with the head lower than the rest of the body. Extended time in this position is associated with temporary physiologic disturbances.;

MeSH synonym : tilt, head-down; head down tilt;

MeSH hyponym : trendelenburg position; Position, Trendelenburg;

MeSH annotation : not restricted to space flight; /adv eff /physiol permitted;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trendelenburg position;

Details

Origin ID

D018475;

UMLS CUI

C0242683;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Head tilt (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Trendelenburg [NCIt concept]
- Trendelenburg Position [ICNP localization]
- Trendelenburg position [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Trendelenburg position (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Trendelenburg positioning (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- trendelenburg position [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- Head-Down tilt [MeSH concept]
- trendelenburg position [MeSH concept]
See also
- Tilt-Table test [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Spatial Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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