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CONTREINDICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

Any circumstance indicating that an intervention would be inappropriate.

OBS

contraindication: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Toute circonstance qui s'oppose à l'application d'une intervention.

OBS

contre-indication : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • contreindication

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
DEF

Aclaración de los casos en que no debe emplearse un medicamento porque puede ser dañino.

CONT

En mujeres embarazadas está contraindicado el uso de talidomida porque produce malformaciones del producto; en el caso del VIH/sida está contraindicado el uso combinado de ddI y ddC porque ambos inducen a la pancreatitis y se suma su toxicidad.

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