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MeSH Heading: Respiratory Tract Fistula
Tree Number(s): C08.702; C23.300.575.687
Unique ID: D016156
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016156
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: An abnormal passage communicating between any component of the respiratory tract or between any part of the respiratory system and surrounding organs.
Entry Term(s): Respiratory System Fistula
Previous Indexing: Fistula (1966-1997); specific fistula (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode 1991-97
Date Introduced: 1998/01/01
Last Updated: 2022/07/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

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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)

Respiratory Tract Fistula MeSH Descriptor Data 2026