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Descriptor English:
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Emergency Medicine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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medicina de urgencias
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicina de Emergência
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Synonyms English:
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Medicine, Emergency
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Tree Number:
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H02.403.250
SP8.946.117.190.180
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Definition English:
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The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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specialty; differentiate from EMERGENCIES, the patient; DF: EMERGENCY MED
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History Note English:
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77
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Record Number:
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4710
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Unique Identifier:
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D004635
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Similar:
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DeCS
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