National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Air Embolism

Synonyms

Air Embolism

Aeroembolism

Definitions

The presence of bubbles of air in the vascular system; occurrence is related to the entry of air into the venous circulation following trauma or surgery.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C50455

ALT_DEFINITION

The presence of bubbles of air in the vascular system; occurrence is related to the entry of air into the venous circulation following trauma or surgery.

An obstruction of a blood vessel due to the introduction of air.

code

C50455

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62596

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54450

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118464

Contributing_Source

FDA

MedDRA

NICHD

DEFINITION

The presence of bubbles of air in the vascular system; occurrence is related to the entry of air into the venous circulation following trauma or surgery.

FDA_Table

Patient Code (Appendix B)

FULL_SYN

Air Embolism

Aeroembolism

label

Air Embolism

Legacy Concept Name

Air_Embolism

Maps_To

Air embolism

Preferred_Name

Air Embolism

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C50455

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0013926

xRef

IMDRF:E050301

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26759

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