episiotomy - CISMeF

Preferred Label : episiotomy;

MeSH definition : An incision of the posterior vaginal wall and a portion of the pudenda which enlarges the vaginal introitus to facilitate delivery and prevent lacerations.;

MeSH synonym : episiotomies;

MeSH annotation : do not use /util except by MeSH definition;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episiotomy;

Details

Origin ID

D004841;

UMLS CUI

C0014586;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- episiotomy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Episiotomy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Episiotomy [ICD-9 code]
- Episiotomy [NCIt concept]
- Episiotomy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- episiotomy [Radlex concept]
- episiotomy [Disease (Nov.)]
- episiotomy, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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