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MeSH Heading: Embolism, Air
Tree Number(s): C14.907.355.350.254
Unique ID: D004618
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004618
Scope Note: Blocking of a blood vessel by air bubbles that enter the circulatory system, usually after TRAUMA; surgical procedures, or changes in atmospheric pressure.
Entry Term(s): Air Embolism; Embolism, Gas
See Also: Decompression Sickness
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Embolism, Air MeSH Descriptor Data 2024