advanced cardiac life support

Preferred Label : advanced cardiac life support;

MeSH definition : The use of sophisticated methods and equipment to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) includes the use of specialized equipment to maintain the airway, early defibrillation and pharmacological therapy.;

MeSH synonym : cardiac life support, advanced; life support, advanced cardiac;

Details

Origin ID

D022561;

UMLS CUI

C0887907;

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]
- 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]
Metaterm(s)
- cardiology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- advanced cardiac life support [MeSH concept]
See also
- heart arrest [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Advanced cardiac life support (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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