Nutritional Therapy

Preferred Label : Nutritional Therapy;

NCIt related terms : medical nutrition therapy; nutrition therapy;

NCIt definition : A therapeutic approach to disease treatment that utilizes a specialized diet.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Treatment based on nutrition. It includes checking a person's nutrition status, and giving the right foods or nutrients to treat conditions such as those caused by diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. It may involve simple changes in a person's diet, or intravenous or tube feeding. Medical nutrition therapy may help patients recover more quickly and spend less time in the hospital.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000482428; CDR0000463725;

Details

Origin ID

C65017;

UMLS CUI

C1257928;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nutrition Therapy [ICNP mean]
- Nutrition Therapy [DeCS]
- Nutrition therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nutrition therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- nutrition therapy [MeSH concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- medical nutrition therapy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- medical nutrition therapy [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Treatments Codelist [NCIt concept]

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