 Comorbidity
"Comorbidity" 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.
The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
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D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comorbidity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1992 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1993 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2000 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2001 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2002 | 0 | 19 | 19 | | 2003 | 0 | 19 | 19 | | 2004 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2005 | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 2006 | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 2007 | 0 | 27 | 27 | | 2008 | 0 | 26 | 26 | | 2009 | 0 | 36 | 36 | | 2010 | 1 | 35 | 36 | | 2011 | 0 | 35 | 35 | | 2012 | 0 | 24 | 24 | | 2013 | 1 | 40 | 41 | | 2014 | 2 | 41 | 43 | | 2015 | 0 | 46 | 46 | | 2016 | 4 | 35 | 39 | | 2017 | 2 | 45 | 47 | | 2018 | 2 | 28 | 30 | | 2019 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Willingham M, Rangrass G, Curcuru C, Ben Abdallah A, Wildes TS, McKinnon S, Kronzer A, Sharma A, Helsten D, Hall B, Avidan MS, Haroutounian S. Association between postoperative complications and lingering post-surgical pain: an observational cohort study. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Feb; 124(2):214-221.
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Eggener S. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2019 11; 202(5):942-943.
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Vitzthum LK, Park H, Zakeri K, Bryant AK, Feng C, Shen H, Cohen EEW, Murphy JD, Mell LK. Selection of Head and Neck Cancer Patients for Intensive Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 01 01; 106(1):157-166.
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McSorley VE, Bin YS, Lauderdale DS. Associations of Sleep Characteristics With Cognitive Function and Decline Among Older Adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 06 01; 188(6):1066-1075.
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Grant JE, Lust K, Chamberlain SR. Problematic smartphone use associated with greater alcohol consumption, mental health issues, poorer academic performance, and impulsivity. J Behav Addict. 2019 Jun 01; 8(2):335-342.
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Medeiros GC, Seger-Jacob L, Garreto AK, Kim HS, Coccaro EF, Tavares H. Aggression directed towards others vs. aggression directed towards the self: clinical differences between intermittent explosive disorder and nonsuicidal self-injury. Braz J Psychiatry. 2019 Jul-Aug; 41(4):303-309.
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Elmets CA, Leonardi CL, Davis DMR, Gelfand JM, Lichten J, Mehta NN, Armstrong AW, Connor C, Cordoro KM, Elewski BE, Gordon KB, Gottlieb AB, Kaplan DH, Kavanaugh A, Kivelevitch D, Kiselica M, Korman NJ, Kroshinsky D, Lebwohl M, Lim HW, Paller AS, Parra SL, Pathy AL, Prater EF, Rupani R, Siegel M, Stoff B, Strober BE, Wong EB, Wu JJ, Hariharan V, Menter A. Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with awareness and attention to comorbidities. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Apr; 80(4):1073-1113.
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Addetia K, Landeras L, Yamat M, Lang RM. The answer lies in the third dimension. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 02 01; 20(2):232.
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Grant JE, Lust K, Chamberlain SR. Body dysmorphic disorder and its relationship to sexuality, impulsivity, and addiction. Psychiatry Res. 2019 03; 273:260-265.
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Nizamuddin J, Gupta A, Patel V, Minhaj M, Nizamuddin SL, Mueller AL, Naseem H, Tung A, Rana S, Shahul S. Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy Increase Risk of Readmission With Heart Failure: A National Readmissions Database Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 05; 94(5):811-819.
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