"Life Support Care" 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.
Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
| Descriptor ID |
D008020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.440 N02.421.585.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Care- Life Support Care
- Care, Life Support
- Prolongation of Life
- Life Prolongation
Extraordinary Treatment- Extraordinary Treatment
- Extraordinary Treatments
- Treatment, Extraordinary
- Treatments, Extraordinary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Care" by people in Profiles.
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Hospital Policy Variation in Addressing Decisions to Withhold and Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment. Chest. 2024 Apr; 165(4):950-958.
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Temporal Evolution and Outcomes of Non-Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Hospitalized Patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Mar; 30(3):105584.
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Patient With Poor Prognosis, Family Wishes to Pursue All Options, Care Team Cannot Reach Consensus. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 11; 108(5):1284-1286.
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Patient and Family Engagement During Treatment Decisions in an ICU: A Discourse Analysis of the Electronic Health Record. Crit Care Med. 2019 06; 47(6):784-791.
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Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments in Perceived Devastating Brain Injury: The Key Role of Uncertainty. Neurocrit Care. 2019 02; 30(1):33-41.
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Respecting Choice in Definitions of Death. Hastings Cent Rep. 2018 Nov; 48 Suppl 4:S53-S55.
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Ethical Analysis of Withdrawing Total Artificial Heart Support. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 05; 92(5):719-725.
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International variations in application of the best-interest standard across the age spectrum. J Perinatol. 2017 02; 37(2):208-213.
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US Physicians' Opinions about Distinctions between Withdrawing and Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatment. J Relig Health. 2016 Oct; 55(5):1596-606.
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Is Prehospital Advanced Life Support Harmful? Ann Intern Med. 2016 07 05; 165(1):70-1.