 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 | 18 | 18 | | 2003 | 0 | 19 | 19 | | 2004 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2005 | 1 | 20 | 21 | | 2006 | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 2007 | 0 | 28 | 28 | | 2008 | 0 | 25 | 25 | | 2009 | 0 | 40 | 40 | | 2010 | 1 | 37 | 38 | | 2011 | 0 | 35 | 35 | | 2012 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2013 | 1 | 41 | 42 | | 2014 | 2 | 40 | 42 | | 2015 | 0 | 48 | 48 | | 2016 | 4 | 35 | 39 | | 2017 | 2 | 48 | 50 | | 2018 | 2 | 32 | 34 | | 2019 | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 2020 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Pettit NN, MacKenzie EL, Ridgway JP, Pursell K, Ash D, Patel B, Pho MT. Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk for Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 10; 28(10):1806-1810.
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Bhasin A, Nam H, Yeh C, Lee J, Liebovitz D, Achenbach C. Is BMI Higher in Younger Patients with COVID-19? Association Between BMI and COVID-19 Hospitalization by Age. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 10; 28(10):1811-1814.
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Lala A, Johnson KW, Januzzi JL, Russak AJ, Paranjpe I, Richter F, Zhao S, Somani S, Van Vleck T, Vaid A, Chaudhry F, De Freitas JK, Fayad ZA, Pinney SP, Levin M, Charney A, Bagiella E, Narula J, Glicksberg BS, Nadkarni G, Mancini DM, Fuster V. Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 08 04; 76(5):533-546.
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Al-Ani AH, Prentice RE, Rentsch CA, Johnson D, Ardalan Z, Heerasing N, Garg M, Campbell S, Sasadeusz J, Macrae FA, Ng SC, Rubin DT, Christensen B. Review article: prevention, diagnosis and management of COVID-19 in the IBD patient. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 07; 52(1):54-72.
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Holzhauser L, Lourenco L, Sarswat N, Kim G, Chung B, Nguyen AB. Early experience of COVID-19 in 2 heart transplant recipients: Case reports and review of treatment options. Am J Transplant. 2020 10; 20(10):2916-2922.
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Jheon S, Ahmed AD, Fang VW, Jung W, Khan AZ, Lee JM, Nakajima J, Sihoe AD, Thongcharoen P, Tsuboi M, Turna A. General thoracic surgery services across Asia during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2020 Jun; 28(5):243-249.
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He J, Zhang JX, Chen CT, Ma Y, De Guzman R, Meng J, Pu Y. The Relative Importance of Clinical and Socio-demographic Variables in Prognostic Prediction in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Variable Importance Approach. Med Care. 2020 05; 58(5):461-467.
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Kumar S, Chmura S, Robinson C, Lin SH, Gadgeel SM, Donington J, Feliciano J, Stinchcombe TE, Werner-Wasik M, Edelman MJ, Moghanaki D. Alternative Multidisciplinary Management Options for Locally Advanced NSCLC During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic. J Thorac Oncol. 2020 07; 15(7):1137-1146.
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Drake M, Ginde S, Cohen S, Bartz P, Sowinski J, Reinhardt E, Saleska T, Earing MG. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Apr; 41(4):724-728.
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Dua A, Kibrik P, Pocivavsek L, Morcos O, Lind B, Sumpio B, Latz C, Lee CJ. Trends and Determinants of Readmissions to Another Facility After Endovascular Aortic Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:434-441.
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