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PERICARDIOCENTESIS


check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 25/09/2000
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISAPARACENTESIS
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PARACENTESIS
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : PERICARDIUM
DESCRIBES : FLUID
USES : NEEDLE


English
pericardiocentesisterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: procedure in which a needle is used to remove fluid from the pericardial sac around the heart. This fluid is miscroscopically examined for cancer cells and other abnormalities. (en)
check date: 10/08/2001
checker: Pamela

Spanish
pericardicentesisterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: punción quirúrgica del pericardio durante la que, por medio de una aguja, se extrae líquido del saco pericardial situado alrededor del corazón. Este líquido se analiza bajo el microscopio para la detección de células cancerosas y de otras alteraciones. (es)