Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
Intervention or Procedure
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An activity that produces an effect, or that is intended to alter the course of a disease in a patient or population. This is a general term that encompasses the medical, social, behavioral, and environmental acts that can have preventive, therapeutic, or palliative effects. [ ]
Term info
Label
Intervention or Procedure
Synonyms
- Intervention
- Intervention Strategies
- Intervention or Procedure
- Interventional
- Procedure
- intervention
- interventionDescription
Subsets
NCIT_C90259, NCIT_C159501, NCIT_C99147, NCIT_C159502, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C67497
ALT DEFINITION
In medicine, a treatment or action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways., The drug, device, therapy, or process under investigation in a clinical study that is believed to have an effect on outcomes of interest in a study (e.g., health-related quality of life, efficacy, safety, pharmacoeconomics). See also: test articles; devices; drug product; medicinal product; combination product.
Contributing Source
BRIDG, NICHD, CDISC-GLOSS
Has NICHD Parent
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C90259
Legacy Concept Name
Procedure
NICHD Hierarchy Term
Intervention or Procedure
Preferred Name
Intervention or Procedure
Semantic Type
Health Care Activity
UMLS CUI
C0184661
code
C25218