Category E - Techniques and Equipment

Subheadings

/adverse effects Used for adverse effects or complications of diagnostic, therapeutic, prophylactic, anesthetic, surgical, or other procedures, but excludes contraindications for which "contraindications" is used.

Amnesia after coronary angiography
CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY /*adv eff
AMNESIA/ *etiol
HUMAN (Check tag)

/mortality Used for deaths resulting from various procedures statistically but for a death resulting in a specific case, use FATAL OUTCOME, not /mortality.

Age is a predictor of mortality for patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
GASTRIC BYPASS /*mortal
AGE FACTORS
HUMAN (Check tag)

/drug effects Used with some techniques for the effects of drugs and chemicals .

Effects of scopolamine on EEG alpha rhythm
ALPHA RHYTHM /* drug eff
SCOPOLAMINE /* pharmacol

/radiation effects Used with some techniques for effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation.

Effects of infrared irradiation on ECG indices
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY /* rad eff
INFRARED RAYS