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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Pneumothorax, Artificial
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Neumotórax Artificial
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Pneumotórax Artificial
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Tree Number:
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E04.928.600.220.620
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Definition English:
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Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the pleural space to collapse the lung. It was formerly used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. (From Stedman, 26th ed & Dorland, 28th ed) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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a form of collapse ther; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; in treating dis, coord Cat C term with /surg
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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11461
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Unique Identifier:
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D011031
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