Category G - Phenomena and Processes
Indexing Principles - Pregnancy
PREGNANCY exists as a check tag and as a main heading. In articles on normal pregnancy, when the pregnancy is the point of the article, index the article with PREGNANCY - IM and, usually, with a subheading.
Immune tolerance in pregnant women
PREGNANCY /*immunol
*IMMUNE TOLERANCE
HUMAN
FEMALE
In most cases the PREGNANCY check tag will be used instead of the IM concept.
Many specific, pregnancy-related headings are treed under the general heading Pregnancy. Always scroll down the tree in the MeSH browser to see if a more specific term is available.
Improved outcome in high risk pregnancies
*PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK
*PREGNANCY OUTCOME
HUMAN (check tag)
FEMALE (check tag)
PREGNANCY (check tag)
Diseases in pregnancy are coordinated with the term PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS or one of its specifics
Salmonella infection in a pregnant woman
*SALMONELLA INFECTIONS
*PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS
HUMAN (check tag)
FEMALE (check tag)
PREGNANCY (check tag)
Last Reviewed: March 10, 2015