"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Comorbidity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Comorbidity".
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1995 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2000 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2001 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2002 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2003 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2004 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2005 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 2006 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 2007 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2009 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2010 | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| 2011 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2012 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2013 | 1 | 39 | 40 |
| 2014 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
| 2015 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2016 | 3 | 34 | 37 |
| 2017 | 2 | 46 | 48 |
| 2018 | 3 | 35 | 38 |
| 2019 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2020 | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| 2021 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Early intervention and intensive management of patients with diabetes, cardiorenal, and metabolic diseases. J Diabetes Complications. 2023 Feb; 37(2):108389.
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A Decade of Clinical Advances in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: 2012-2022. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 01; 11(1):43-50.
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Discerning asthma endotypes through comorbidity mapping. Nat Commun. 2022 11 07; 13(1):6712.
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Screening for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using comorbidity signatures in electronic health records. Nat Med. 2022 10; 28(10):2107-2116.
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Association Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severity, Exacerbation Risk, and Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in the SPIROMICS Cohort. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 Jan-Feb; 64(1):45-57.
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Cardiac Comorbidity Risk Score: Zero-Burden Machine Learning to Improve Prediction of Postoperative Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 08 02; 11(15):e023745.
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Characteristics and treatment seeking in an adult Hispanic population with trichotillomania and skin picking disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2022 09; 315:114706.
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Geriatric assessment for older adults receiving less-intensive therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: report of CALGB 361101. Blood Adv. 2022 06 28; 6(12):3812-3820.
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Generalized sensory sensitivity is associated with comorbid pain symptoms: a replication study in women with dysmenorrhea. Pain. 2023 01 01; 164(1):142-148.
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Cost Consequences of Age and Comorbidity in Accelerated Postoperative Discharge After Colectomy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 05 01; 65(5):758-766.