watchful waiting

clinical management approach, with immediate therapy not provided, but instead observation during which tests monitors the patient
Thing medical_procedure_type Q2161551
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watchful waiting

Summary

watchful waiting is a medical procedure type[1]. It draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure_type category, ranking #28 of 74).[2]

Key Facts

  • watchful waiting's instance of is recorded as medical procedure type[3].
  • watchful waiting's subclass of is recorded as medical procedure[4].
  • watchful waiting's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D057832[5].
  • watchful waiting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0963gs[6].
  • watchful waiting's MeSH tree code is recorded as N04.761.559.590.900[7].
  • watchful waiting's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0700325[8].
  • watchful waiting's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as watchful-waiting[9].
  • watchful waiting's PatientsLikeMe treatment ID is recorded as watchful-waiting[10].
  • watchful waiting's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776141087[11].
  • watchful waiting's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776141087[12].
  • watchful waiting's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3019815172[13].

Why It Matters

watchful waiting draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure_type category, ranking #28 of 74).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). watchful waiting. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchful-waiting
MLA “watchful waiting.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchful-waiting.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_watchful-waiting_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{watchful waiting}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchful-waiting}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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