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MeSH Heading: Pulmonary Embolism
Tree Number(s): C08.381.746; C14.907.355.350.700
Unique ID: D011655
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011655
Scope Note: Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS.
Entry Version: PULM EMBOLISM
Entry Term(s): Embolism, Pulmonary; Embolisms, Pulmonary; Pulmonary Embolisms; Pulmonary Thromboembolism; Pulmonary Thromboembolisms; Thromboembolism, Pulmonary; Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
NLM Classification #: WG 420
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

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)

Concept UI: M0018126
Scope Note: Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS.
Terms: Pulmonary Embolism Preferred Term
Term UI T034418
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Embolism, Pulmonary
Term UI T034415
Date11/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Embolisms, Pulmonary
Term UI T034416
Date11/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Pulmonary Embolisms
Term UI T034417
Date11/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

Concept UI: M0018128
Terms: Pulmonary Thromboembolisms Preferred Term
Term UI T034421
Date12/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
Term UI T034422
Date12/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Term UI T034423
Date12/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Thromboembolism, Pulmonary
Term UI T034424
Date12/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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