 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 | 20 | 20 | | 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 | 36 | 36 | | 2012 | 0 | 24 | 24 | | 2013 | 1 | 41 | 42 | | 2014 | 2 | 43 | 45 | | 2015 | 0 | 48 | 48 | | 2016 | 4 | 34 | 38 | | 2017 | 2 | 47 | 49 | | 2018 | 3 | 33 | 36 | | 2019 | 1 | 26 | 27 | | 2020 | 2 | 28 | 30 | | 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Reder AT, Centonze D, Naylor ML, Nagpal A, Rajbhandari R, Altincatal A, Kim M, Berdofe A, Radhakrishnan M, Jung E, Sandrock AW, Smirnakis K, Popescu C, de Moor C. COVID-19 in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Associations with Disease-Modifying Therapies. CNS Drugs. 2021 03; 35(3):317-330.
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Meltzer DO, Best TJ, Zhang H, Vokes T, Arora VM, Solway J. Association of Vitamin D Levels, Race/Ethnicity, and Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 03 01; 4(3):e214117.
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Vinson AJ, Chong AS, Clegg D, Falk C, Foster BJ, Halpin A, Mannon RB, Palmer BF, Oertelt-Prigione S, West LJ, Wong G, Sapir-Pichhadze R. Sex matters: COVID-19 in kidney transplantation. Kidney Int. 2021 03; 99(3):555-558.
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Bradley AT, Lin Y, Kingston KA, Koh JL, Lee MJ, Shi L. Are Comorbidities Affecting Rotator Cuff Repair Outcomes? A Retrospective Review of Postoperative Costs and complications. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2021; 30(1):24-29.
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Rooney MK, Korpics MC, Turchan WT, Callahan N, Koshy M, Spiotto MT. Patterns of Care and Survival Outcomes for Odontogenic Cancers. Laryngoscope. 2021 05; 131(5):E1496-E1502.
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Chaudhry F, Bulka H, Rathnam AS, Said OM, Lin J, Lorigan H, Bernitsas E, Rube J, Korzeniewski SJ, Memon AB, Levy PD, Schultz L, Javed A, Lisak R, Cerghet M. COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis patients and risk factors for severe infection. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov 15; 418:117147.
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Clausen CE, Leventhal BL, Nytrø Ø, Koposov R, Westbye OS, Røst TB, Bakken V, Koochakpour K, Thorvik K, Skokauskas N. Testing an individualized digital decision assist system for the diagnosis and management of mental and behavior disorders in children and adolescents. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2020 09 17; 20(1):232.
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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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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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