"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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| 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 | 16 | 16 |
| 2003 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2004 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2005 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| 2006 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2007 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2009 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2010 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| 2011 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2012 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2013 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2014 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| 2015 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
| 2016 | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| 2017 | 2 | 46 | 48 |
| 2018 | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| 2019 | 1 | 41 | 42 |
| 2020 | 2 | 43 | 45 |
| 2021 | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| 2022 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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New comorbidity index associated with survival after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2026 Jan 13; 10(1):217-227.
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Impact of comorbidity burden on outcome in patients with cardiogenic shock: A Cardiogenic Shock Working Group analysis. Eur J Heart Fail. 2025 Nov; 27(11):2244-2258.
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Neuropsychiatric Disorders Among Adult Emergency Department Patients With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Nov 01; 76(11):970-979.
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Defining cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgical endotypes using comorbidity clustering: a Quality Outcomes Database cervical spondylotic myelopathy study. Neurosurg Focus. 2025 07 01; 59(1):E4.
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Exploring novel therapeutic strategies: Could psychedelic perspectives offer promising solutions for Alzheimer's disease comorbidities? Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2025 12; 27(1):1-12.
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A 10-year longitudinal analysis of the impact of demographic, lifestyle, and medical factors on semen qualities in men in a city in the midwestern region of the United States of America. Asian J Androl. 2025 Jul 01; 27(4):464-469.
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Exploring the Role of Reward Functioning in the Overlap of Post-Traumatic Stress and Cocaine Use Disorder. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(6):926-932.
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Bariatric surgery and relevant comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2025 03; 39(3):1419-1448.
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Gene and phenome-based analysis of the shared genetic architecture of eye diseases. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Feb 06; 112(2):318-331.
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Trends in Co-morbid Dementia and Chronic Kidney Disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jul; 40(10):2276-2283.