Embase® (EMTREE) Qualifier Terms and Abbreviations
The following table reflects the abbreviation codes that may be used for applying a drug/disease qualifier term to a subject heading search query using the EMTREE mnemonic.
The second column is the abbreviation code; the first column is the qualifier which the abbreviation code represents.
| Drug/Disease Qualifer Term | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Adverse drug reaction | AE |
| Buccal drug administration | BD |
| Clinical trial | CT |
| Complication | CO |
| Congenital disorder | CN |
| Diagnosis | DI |
| Disease management | DM |
| Drug administration | AD |
| Drug analysis | AN |
| Drug combination | CB |
| Drug comparison | CM |
| Drug concentration | CR |
| Drug development | DV |
| Drug dose | DO |
| Drug interaction | IT |
| Drug resistance | DR |
| Drug therapy | DT |
| Drug toxicity | TO |
| Endogenous compound | EC |
| Epidemiology | EP |
| Epidural drug administration | EI |
| Etiology | ET |
| Inhalational drug administration | IH |
| Intraarterial drug administration | IA |
| Intraarticular drug administration | AR |
| Intrabronchial drug administration | BR |
| Intrabursal drug administration | BU |
| Intracameral drug administration | CL |
| Intracardiac drug administration | IC |
| Intracavernous drug administration | CA |
| Intracerebral drug administration | CE |
| Intracerebroventricular drug administration | CV |
| Intracisternal drug administration | CI |
| Intradermal drug administration | DL |
| Intraduodenal drug administration | DU |
| Intragastric drug administration | IG |
| Intralesional drug administration | IL |
| Intralymphatic drug administration | LY |
| Intramuscular drug administration | IM |
| Intranasal drug administration | NA |
| Intraocular drug administration | IO |
| Intraosseous drug administration | OS |
| Intraperitoneal drug administration | IP |
| Intrapleural drug administration | PL |
| Intraspinal drug administration | SP |
| Intrathecal drug administration | TL |
| Intratracheal drug administration | TR |
| Intratumoral drug admin | TU |
| Intratympanic drug administration | TY |
| Intraurethral drug administration | UR |
| Intrauterine drug administration | UT |
| Intravaginal drug administration | VA |
| Intravenous drug administration | IV |
| Intravesical drug administration | VE |
| Intravitreal drug admin | VI |
| Oral drug administration | PO |
| Parenteral drug administration | PA |
| Periocular drug administration | OC |
| Pharmaceutics | PR |
| Pharmacoeconomics | PE |
| Pharmacokinetics | PK |
| Pharmacology | PD |
| Prevention | PC |
| Radiotherapy | RT |
| Rectal drug administration | RC |
| Regional perfusion | RP |
| Rehabilitation | RH |
| Retrobulbar drug administration | R |
| Side effect | SI |
| Subconjunctival drug administration | CJ |
| Subcutaneous drug administration | SC |
| Sublabial drug administration | SB |
| Sublingual drug administration | LI |
| Surgery | SU |
| Therapy | TH |
| Topical drug administration | TP |
| Transdermal drug administration | TD |
EMBASE Quick Codes
The following table reflects the quick codes that may be used for applying a regular group of qualifier codes to a query using the EMTREE mnemonic.
The second column is the quick code, the first column is the grouping of standard qualifiers which the quick code represents.
| Quick Code Description | Abbreviation |
| Quick diagnosis (DI) | QD |
| Quick therapy (DT, RT, SU, TH) | QT |
| Quick toxicology (AE, TO, SI) | QX |
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