56342008: Temperature taking (procedure)

SNOMED CT Concept\Procedure\...

\Procedure by site\An observation of the body or a body part using one of the five human senses (e.g. inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation)\Taking patient vital signs\Temperature taking (procedure)

\Procedure by method\Determination of a value, conclusion, or inference by evaluating evidence\Examination by method\An observation of the body or a body part using one of the five human senses (e.g. inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation)\Taking patient vital signs\Temperature taking (procedure)
\Procedure by method\Interview, history AND/OR physical examination\Examination by method\An observation of the body or a body part using one of the five human senses (e.g. inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation)\Taking patient vital signs\Temperature taking (procedure)

Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Temperature taking (procedure)	Is a	Taking patient vital signs	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Temperature taking (procedure)	Procedure site	Body structure (body structure)	false	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Temperature taking (procedure)	Has intent	Diagnostic intent (qualifier value)	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Temperature taking (procedure)	Method	Physical examination - action	false	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Temperature taking (procedure)	Method	Investigation - action	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Temperature taking (procedure)	Method	Examination - action	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Procedure site	Anatomical structure	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Method	Examination - action	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Procedure site	Anatomical structure	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Method	Examination - action	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Procedure site	Anatomical or acquired body structure (body structure)	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Temperature taking (procedure)	Procedure site	Anatomical or acquired body structure (body structure)	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
Intermittent fever (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Aseptic fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Swinging fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Sweating fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Newborn environmental hypothermia	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
fièvre avec sudation	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hyperpyrexia (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Pel Ebstein fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - pyrexia of unknown origin	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Body temperature above reference range	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Intermittent fever (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever greater than 100.4 Fahrenheit (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - remittent	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Pyrexia of unknown origin	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - intermittent	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - continuous	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - gradual rise	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Pattern of fever - finding	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - acute rise	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - hyperpyrexia - greater than 40.5 degrees Celsius	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Remittent fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - irregular	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Phase of fever - finding	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Environmentally-induced pyrexia in newborn (disorder)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - temperature low	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
fièvre associée au SIDA	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Factitious fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Continuous fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - hypothermia - less than 32 degrees Celsius	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Staircase fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
à l'examen : température élevée	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - level of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
à l'examen : fièvre	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Gradual fall of fever (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Pheochromocytoma storm	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Central fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Malignant hyperthermia caused by anesthetic (disorder)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever - fast fall-crisis	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - fever-gradual fall-lysis	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Quotidien fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Malignant tertian fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Abnormal body temperature	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Cough with fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hypothermia of newborn	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever, diurnal variation	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Low grade pyrexia	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Double quotidien fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Tertian fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
pyrexie postintervention	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
fièvre post-partum	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Quartan fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Intermittent hepatic fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever defervescence	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Drug-induced hyperpyrexia (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Transitory fever of newborn	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Slightly remittent fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Rising phase of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Gradual rise of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Plateau phase of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Falling phase of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Acute rise of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Spiking fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Induced hypothermia (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hypothermia caused by anesthetic (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Irregular fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
à l'examen : hypothermie	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
On examination - hyperpyrexia	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever with chills	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hypothermia (finding)	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Prolonged fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Malarial fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Reversed diurnal fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Endocrine hyperthermia	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hypothermia - accidental	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Malignant hyperthermia	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Dehydration fever in newborn	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Postoperative fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
à l'examen : température non prise	Associated procedure	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Biphasic fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Rapid fall of fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Fever of newborn	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
fièvre médicamenteuse	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Aseptic fever	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Hyperthermia in newborn	Interprets	False	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Measurement of temperature using tympanic thermometer (procedure)	Is a	True	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some
Measurement of temperature using forehead thermometer (procedure)	Is a	True	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some
Measurement of temperature using skin strip thermometer (procedure)	Is a	True	Temperature taking (procedure)	Inferred relationship	Some

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Id	Description	Lang	Type	Status	Case?	Module
93694019	Temperature taking	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
794844018	Temperature taking (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
345381000172119	prise de la température	fr	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module
479981000274116	Temperaturmessen	de	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module
479991000274119	Messen der Körpertemperatur	de	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module