loading...| Preferred Name |
FrostBite |
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| ID |
http://www.icn.ch/icnp#FrostBite |
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| ConceptDescription |
Traumatic Wound: Disruption and loss of outer and deeper layers of tissue of the body surface due to exposure to cold conditions over time, thrombosing of tissue capillaries and freezing of extracellular fluid especially in body parts with less tissue perfusion e.g. fingers; stages are graded according to severity associated with duration of exposition and degree of coldness from superficial damage of skin with white spots, feeling of pricking and sticking; progressing to severe pain due to damage to superficial nerve end (1. degree of frost bite) to profound damage of tissue with white frozen skin, hard but moveable in relation to underlying tissue structure, loss of feelings and pain due to nerve damages (2. degree of frost bite)and finally to destruction of tissue structure with necrotic or black skin, loss of feelings and pain due to nerve damages with high risk for wound infections, loss of peripheral body parts such as toes, fingers (3. degree of frost bite). |
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F |
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| ConceptCode |
10008247 |
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| PreferredTerm |
Frost Bite |
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| prefixIRI |
FrostBite |
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| prefLabel |
FrostBite |
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| Version |
1.0 |
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http://www.icn.ch/icnp#GunshotWound http://www.icn.ch/icnp#Necrosis |
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