Structured Summary
Abstract
Multiple physical insults or injuries occurring simultaneously.
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Synonyms
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- Injuries, Multiple
- Multiple Injuries
- Polytrauma
- Trauma, Multiple
- Wounds, Multiple
- Injury, Multiple
- Multiple Injury
- Multiple Traumas
- Multiple Wound
- Multiple Wounds
- Polytraumas
- Traumas, Multiple
- Wound, Multiple
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with specific injury term or organ/inj IM or NIM if pertinent
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Previous Indexing
- Wounds and Injuries (1966-1987)
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WO 730
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Multiple Trauma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009104. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009104
- Multiple Trauma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytrauma
- Multiple Trauma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2103168