 Life Expectancy
"Life Expectancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.
| Descriptor ID |
D008017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.450 L01.280.975.450 N01.224.935.464 N06.850.505.400.975.450 N06.850.520.308.985.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Expectancy- Life Expectancy
- Expectancies, Life
- Expectancy, Life
- Life Expectancies
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Life Expectancy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Gelfman LP, Sudore RL, Mather H, McKendrick K, Hutchinson MD, Lampert RJ, Lipman HI, Matlock DD, Swetz KM, Pinney SP, Morrison RS, Goldstein NE. Prognostic Awareness and Goals of Care Discussions Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 09; 13(9):e006502.
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Sulmasy DP. Principled decisions and virtuous care: an ethical assessment of the SIAARTI Guidelines for allocating intensive care resources. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 08; 86(8):872-876.
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Hochhaus A, Baccarani M, Silver RT, Schiffer C, Apperley JF, Cervantes F, Clark RE, Cortes JE, Deininger MW, Guilhot F, Hjorth-Hansen H, Hughes TP, Janssen JJWM, Kantarjian HM, Kim DW, Larson RA, Lipton JH, Mahon FX, Mayer J, Nicolini F, Niederwieser D, Pane F, Radich JP, Rea D, Richter J, Rosti G, Rousselot P, Saglio G, Saußele S, Soverini S, Steegmann JL, Turkina A, Zaritskey A, Hehlmann R. European LeukemiaNet 2020 recommendations for treating chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 2020 04; 34(4):966-984.
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GoodSmith MS, Skandari MR, Huang ES, Naylor RN. The Impact of Biomarker Screening and Cascade Genetic Testing on the Cost-Effectiveness of MODY Genetic Testing. Diabetes Care. 2019 12; 42(12):2247-2255.
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Agarwal S, Chang DW. Breast reconstruction in the patient with stable, metastatic breast cancer. Breast J. 2020 02; 26(2):335-336.
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Yamada A, Komaki Y, Komaki F, Micic D, Zullow S, Sakuraba A. Risk of gastrointestinal cancers in patients with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2018 06; 19(6):758-767.
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Laiteerapong N, Cooper JM, Skandari MR, Clarke PM, Winn AN, Naylor RN, Huang ES. Individualized Glycemic Control for U.S. Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2018 02 06; 168(3):170-178.
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Packiam VT, Eggener SE. Minimal difference in survival between radical prostatectomy and observation in men with modest life expectancy. Evid Based Med. 2017 12; 22(6):222.
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de Geus SW, Evans DB, Bliss LA, Eskander MF, Smith JK, Wolff RA, Miksad RA, Weinstein MC, Tseng JF. Neoadjuvant therapy versus upfront surgical strategies in resectable pancreatic cancer: A Markov decision analysis. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct; 42(10):1552-60.
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Mehta NK, Elo IT, Engelman M, Lauderdale DS, Kestenbaum BM. Life Expectancy Among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Older Adults in the United States: Estimates From Linked Social Security and Medicare Data. Demography. 2016 08; 53(4):1109-34.
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