Diseases

Vascular System Injuries

Injuries to blood vessels caused by laceration, contusion, puncture, or crush and other types of injuries. Symptoms vary by site and mode of injuries and may include bleeding, bruising, swelling, pain, and numbness. It does not include injuries secondary to pathologic function or diseases such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

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Abstract

Injuries to blood vessels caused by laceration, contusion, puncture, or crush and other types of injuries. Symptoms vary by site and mode of injuries and may include bleeding, bruising, swelling, pain, and numbness. It does not include injuries secondary to pathologic function or diseases such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Vascular Injuries
  • Injuries, Vascular
  • Injuries, Vascular System
  • Injury, Vascular
  • Injury, Vascular System
  • System Injuries, Vascular
  • System Injury, Vascular
  • Vascular Injury
  • Vascular System Injury

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Aspects Covered

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 with ARTERIES / inj or VEINS /inj or specific artery or vein / inj

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History Note

2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Blood Vessels (1963-2010)
  • Vasculitis (1963-2010)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C14w.907w.937
  2. C26w.940

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vascular System Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057772. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057772
  2. Vascular System Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54943865