plethysmography, whole body

Preferred Label : plethysmography, whole body;

MeSH definition : Measurement of the volume of gas in the lungs, including that which is trapped in poorly communicating air spaces. It is of particular use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992);

MeSH synonym : body plethysmographies, whole; whole body plethysmography; plethysmographies, whole body; body plethysmography, whole; whole body plethysmographies;

MeSH annotation : used in resp funct tests; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: PLETHYSMOGR WHOLE BODY;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plethysmography, whole body;

Details

Origin ID

D010993;

UMLS CUI

C0032224;

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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Total body plethysmography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Whole-body plethysmograph (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- total body plethysmography [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- plethysmography, whole body [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Total body plethysmography (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- total body plethysmography [SNOMED Notion]

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