Uterine Cervical Incompetence

MeSH code information

• Name
  Uterine Cervical Incompetence
• Concept
  Scope note: Incompetent UTERINE CERVIX is usually diagnosed in the second trimester of PREGNANCY. It is characterized by passive painless cervical dilation in the absence of UTERINE CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; INFECTION; and sometimes with the amniotic sac (AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE) bulging through the partially dilated cervix. Left untreated, this condition may lead to premature pregnancy loss, such as HABITUAL ABORTION.
• Tree numbers
  • C13.351.500.852.593.120
  • C13.703.039.089.339
• Qualifiers
  diagnosis, parasitology, immunology, microbiology, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology, rehabilitation, enzymology, etiology, mortality, epidemiology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, diet therapy, drug therapy, therapy, psychology, urine, virology, veterinary, history, classification, economics, genetics, nursing, radiotherapy, ethnology, prevention & control, pathology, metabolism, surgery