unnecessary procedures

Preferred Label : unnecessary procedures;

MeSH definition : Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.;

MeSH synonym : procedure, unnecessary; procedures, unnecessary; unnecessary procedure;

MeSH hyponym : unnecessary surgery; Surgery, Unnecessary;

MeSH annotation : IM; coord with specific procedure (IM) with probably /util;

Details

Origin ID

D019564;

UMLS CUI

C0376708;

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]
Record concept(s)
- unnecessary procedures [MeSH concept]
- unnecessary surgery [MeSH concept]
See also
- diagnosis [CISMeF Metaterm]
- surgery [CISMeF Metaterm]
- therapeutics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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