Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Preferred Label : Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy;

NCIt synonyms : PEG;

NCIt related terms : Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG);

NCIt definition : The placement of a feeding tube through the abdominal wall into the stomach using an endoscope.;

Details

Origin ID

C106040;

UMLS CUI

C0176751;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Artificial body structure: Gastrostomy [ICHI target]
- Combined approach, percutaneous and per orifice endoscopic [ICHI means]
- PEG [LOINC method]
- Percutaneous [endoscopic] gastrostomy [PEG] [ICD-9 code]
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [MedDRA LLT]
- Percutaneous endoscopic insertion of gastrostomy tube (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gastrostomy [MeSH Descriptor]
- percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- pneumoencephalography [MeSH Descriptor]
- polyethylene glycols [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Percutaneous [endoscopic] gastrostomy [PEG] [ICD-9 code]
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [MedDRA LLT]
- Percutaneous endoscopic insertion of gastrostomy tube (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- Digestive System [NCIt concept]
- Organ [NCIt concept]
- Stomach [NCIt concept]

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