"Emergency Medicine" 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 branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.
| Descriptor ID |
D004635
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.250
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Emergency Medicine".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Emergency Medicine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Emergency Medicine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Emergency Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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The 2026 Core Content of Emergency Medical Services Medicine. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2026; 30(6):723-738.
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Implementing a Multimodal Palliative Care Curriculum: Impact on Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills. West J Emerg Med. 2026 Jun 28; 27(4):1011-1017.
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Language Differences by Race in the Narrative Section of the Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov 19; 26(6):1519-1525.
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Development and implementation of a multiple stage emergency care training program in Kono, Sierra Leone: a clinician-educator curriculum. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Oct 14; 25(1):1411.
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Ready for Self-Managed Medication Abortion? Practices, Confidence, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Emergency and Primary Care Physicians. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2026 Mar; 35(3):299-305.
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Letter of Concern from the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine Regarding ACGME Proposed Changes. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Jun 27; 26(4):769-772.
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The 2024 Core Content of Emergency Behavioral Health. J Emerg Med. 2025 12; 79:60-67.
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Diversity Among EMS Fellows. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2026; 30(2):202-210.
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T32 programs in emergency medicine: A report from the ACEP-SAEM Federal Research Funding Workgroup. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 10; 31(10):1050-1057.
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Joins Choosing Wisely, But Is It Enough? Ann Emerg Med. 2024 08; 84(2):176-178.