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Postnatal Care MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Postnatal Care
Tree Number(s)
E02.760.703.500
N02.421.143.620.550.500
N02.421.585.703.500
Unique ID
D011181
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011181
Scope Note
The care provided to women and their NEWBORNS for the first few months following CHILDBIRTH.
Entry Term(s)
Postpartum Care
Postpartum Programs
NLM Classification #
WQ 500
Previous Indexing
Puerperium (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
71
History Note
71
Date Established
1971/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/29
Postnatal Care Preferred
Postpartum Programs Narrower
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