Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement

Preferred Label : Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement;

NCIt related terms : Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt;

NCIt definition : A therapeutic procedure that involves the placement of a tube in one of the ventricles of the brain to allow for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the peritoneal cavity. It is used to relieve hydrocephalus.;

Alternative definition : ACC/AHA: Surgical procedure in which a tube is placed in one of the ventricles of the brain and whose other end is placed in the abdomen to relieve hydrocephalus;

Details

Origin ID

C168483;

UMLS CUI

C0162702;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt [LOINC System]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [Radlex concept]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH Descriptor]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH concept]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventriculo peritoneal shunt [Disease (Nov.)]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [SNOMED Notion]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [Radlex concept]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH Descriptor]
- ventriculoperitoneal shunt [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- ACC/AHA Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology EHR Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CRF4 Treatment Table [NCIt concept]

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