pregnancy reduction, multifetal

Preferred Label : pregnancy reduction, multifetal;

MeSH definition : Selective abortion of one or more embryos or fetuses in a multiple gestation pregnancy. The usual goal is to improve the outcome for the remaining embryos or fetuses.;

MeSH synonym : multifetal pregnancy reduction; reduction, multifetal pregnancy; multifetal pregnancy reductions; pregnancy reductions, multifetal; reductions, multifetal pregnancy;

MeSH hyponym : embryo reduction; fetal termination, selective; Embryo Reductions; Reduction, Embryo; Reductions, Embryo; Fetal Terminations, Selective; Selective Fetal Termination; Selective Fetal Terminations; Termination, Selective Fetal; Terminations, Selective Fetal; Fetal Reduction; Fetal Reductions; Reduction, Fetal; Reductions, Fetal;

MeSH annotation : abortion of 1 or more embryos or fetus to improve outcome for remaining embryos or fetuses in multiple pregn; DF: PREGN REDUCTION MULTIFETAL;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal reduction;

Details

Origin ID

D018607;

UMLS CUI

C0242836;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [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]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Destruction [ICHI action]
- Multifetal pregnancy reduction (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Selective Reduction of Multifetal Pregnancy [NCIt concept]
- Therapeutic feticide [MedDRA LLT]
Record concept(s)
- embryo reduction [MeSH concept]
- fetal termination, selective [MeSH concept]
- pregnancy reduction, multifetal [MeSH concept]
See also
- pregnancy, multiple [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Multifetal pregnancy reduction (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Selective Reduction of Multifetal Pregnancy [NCIt concept]

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