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Precipitating Factors

Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as necessary. Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.

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Abstract

Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as necessary. Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Factor, Precipitating
  • Factors, Precipitating
  • Precipitating Factor

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Indexing Annotation

IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease, accident, or behavioral response

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Risk (1966-1989)
  • specific disease/epidemiology (1966-1989)
  • specific disease/etiology (1966-1989)

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Tree Numbers

  1. N05.715w.350.200w.650
  2. N06.850w.490.625w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Precipitating Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015985. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015985
  2. Precipitating Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70452238