Perforation

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	562502
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014
Definition:	A hole or opening made through the entire thickness of a membrane or other tissue or material.

Source and reference attributes
Reference documents:	Harris P, Nagy S, Vardaxis N (Editors) 2010. Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Profession , 2nd Australian and New Zealand Edition. NSW: Mosby Elsevier page 1318
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Closing the Gap/Child Health Check Initiative: Ear, nose and throat operation summary form DSS Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation dry condition, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation dry status Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator, yes/no code N Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation location Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation location, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation size Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation size, code N Indigenous, Superseded 05/12/2017 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation size, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation status Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation status, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation wet condition Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Patient—tympanic membrane perforation wet condition, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Pre-operative examination of ear cluster Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017 Stronger Futures Northern Territory: Ear, nose and throat (ENT) services DSS, 2012 Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Tympanic membrane perforation dry status code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Tympanic membrane perforation location code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Tympanic membrane perforation status code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Tympanic membrane perforation wet condition code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014