patient positioning

Preferred Label : patient positioning;

MeSH definition : Moving a patient into a specific position or POSTURE to facilitate examination, surgery, or for therapeutic purposes.;

MeSH synonym : Patient Positionings; Positioning, Patient; Positionings, Patient;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS;

Details

Origin ID

D056888;

UMLS CUI

C1561964;

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]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Patient position (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient position finding (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient positioning [MedDRA High Level Term]
- Patient positioning patterned-light instrument (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Positional therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Positioning - therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Positioning Patient [ICNP intervention]
- Positioning patient (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Positioning therapy education (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- patient position [Radlex concept]
- patient positioning [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- patient positioning [MeSH concept]
See also
- moving and lifting patients [MeSH Descriptor]
- posture [MeSH Descriptor]
- radiotherapy, Image-Guided [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Patient positioning [MedDRA High Level Term]
- Positioning Patient [ICNP intervention]
- Positioning patient (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients