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Acute Care Surgery MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Acute Care Surgery
Tree Number(s)
H02.403.810.104
Unique ID
D000096725
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000096725
Scope Note
Surgical specialty generally encompassing emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care. Acute care surgery is a component of general surgery related to care of patients with acute, life-threatening or potentially life-threatening surgical conditions.
Entry Term(s)
Emergency General Surgery
Surgical Critical Care
Surgical Trauma Care
Trauma Surgery
NLM Classification #
WO 21
Public MeSH Note
2024
History Note
2024
Date Introduced
2024/01/01
Last Updated
2024/01/01
Acute Care Surgery Preferred
Trauma Surgery Related
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