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MeSH Heading: Stretchers
Tree Number(s): E07.325.220.500; N02.421.297.879.550
Unique ID: D058254
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058254
Scope Note: Bed-like structures for transporting or temporarily holding patients.
Entry Term(s): Ambulance Stretchers; Emergency Room Stretchers; Gurneys; Patient Holding Stretchers; Patient Litters; Patient Trolleys; Rescue Stretchers; Wheeled Stretchers
Previous Indexing: Transportation of Patients (1963-2010)
See Also: Transportation of Patients
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

supply & distribution (SD)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0541594
Scope Note: Bed-like structures for transporting or temporarily holding patients.
Terms: Stretchers Preferred Term
Term UI T766282
Date02/26/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Patient Holding Stretchers
Term UI T762223
Date12/10/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Patient Litters
Term UI T762224
Date12/10/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Patient Trolleys
Term UI T762225
Date12/10/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

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