Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Surgical Procedures, Operative > Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures
Therapeutics > Patient Care > Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures

Preferred term

Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The treatment of patients without the use of allogeneic BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS or blood products. Medical, pre-operative, and post-operative organizational approaches that support patients who refuse allogeneic BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS or blood products for personal reasons, religious beliefs, or fear of bloodborne infections. Preparations for AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS may be a component of some programs.

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R5WQ9GMB-4

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/25/10, last modified 6/29/15