Concept information
Preferred term
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices
Type
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Definition
- Instruments that generate intermittent forces, uniformed or graduated, to facilitate the emptying of VEINS. These devices are used to reduce limb EDEMA and prevent venous THROMBOEMBOLISM, such as deep vein thrombosis in the legs.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Compression Devices, Intermittent Pneumatic
- Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Device
- Pneumatic Intermittent Impulse Device
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
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- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Appareils de compression pneumatique intermittente
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Dispositifs de compression pneumatique intermittente
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZL0FHZ8T-Q
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