Tourniquet - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Tourniquet;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A device, such as a strip of cloth or a band of rubber, that is wrapped tightly around a leg or an arm to prevent the flow of blood to the leg or the arm for a period of time. A tourniquet may be used when drawing blood or to stop bleeding after an injury.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000613900;

Details

Origin ID

C93057;

UMLS CUI

C0040519;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Application of tourniquet (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Garrotment (event) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tourniquet cuff deflation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tourniquet cuff inflation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tourniquet off (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tourniquet release (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Withers (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- garrotment [SNOMED Notion]
- ligature, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- tourniquets [EMDN type]
- withers [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Tourniquet on (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tourniquet, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tourniquet, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- tourniquets [MeSH Descriptor]
- tourniquets [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Tourniquet, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- tourniquet, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- tourniquets [MeSH concept]
- tourniquets [MeSH Descriptor]

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