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Inert Gas Narcosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Inert Gas Narcosis
Tree Number(s)
C24.426
C25.723.455.571
Unique ID
D007222
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007222
Annotation
IM; specify gas (IM)
Scope Note
Progressive mental disturbances and unconsciousness due to breathing mixtures of oxygen and inert gases (argon, helium, xenon, krypton, and atmospheric nitrogen) at high pressure.
Entry Term(s)
Depth Intoxication
Nitrogen Narcosis
Previous Indexing
specific gas (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note
70
History Note
70(68)
Date Established
1970/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2010/06/25
Inert Gas Narcosis Preferred
Depth Intoxication Narrower
Nitrogen Narcosis Narrower
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