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Physical Phenomena > Mechanical Phenomena > Pressure > Decompression > Lower Body Negative Pressure
Therapeutics > Decompression > Lower Body Negative Pressure

Preferred term

Lower Body Negative Pressure  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Abdominal Decompression
  • Decompression, Abdominal
  • LBNP

Note

  • "external decompression applied to the lower body"; used in physiol research & ther

Scope note

  • External decompression applied to the lower body. It is used to study orthostatic intolerance and the effects of gravitation and acceleration, to produce simulated hemorrhage in physiologic research, to assess cardiovascular function, and to reduce abdominal stress during childbirth.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under DECOMPRESSION 1980-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008150

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