Medical Records

"Medical Records" 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.

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Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.

Descriptor ID	D008499
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.940.968 N04.452.859.564 N05.715.360.300.715.500 N06.850.520.308.940.968
Concept/Terms	Medical Records Medical Records Records, Medical Medical Record Record, Medical Transcription, Medical Transcription, Medical Medical Transcriptions Transcriptions, Medical Medical Transcription Health Diaries Health Diaries Diaries, Health Diary, Health Health Diary

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medical Records".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Records as Topic [E05.318.308.940]
Medical Records [E05.318.308.940.968]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Records as Topic [N04.452.859]
Medical Records [N04.452.859.564]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Records as Topic [N05.715.360.300.715]
Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Records as Topic [N06.850.520.308.940]
Medical Records [N06.850.520.308.940.968]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Medical Records".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medical Records".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Records" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medical Records" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 93 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	5	5
1998	3	5	8
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	5	6
2003	0	4	4
2004	0	4	4
2005	0	2	2
2006	2	7	9
2007	3	3	6
2008	1	6	7
2009	2	3	5
2010	0	4	4
2011	0	2	2
2012	1	2	3
2013	0	5	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	1	3
2018	3	4	7
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Records" by people in Profiles.

Wendt C, Mobus K, Weiner D, Eskin B, Allegra JR. Prone Positioning of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Who Are Nonintubated in Hypoxic Respiratory Distress: Single-Site Retrospective Health Records Review. J Emerg Nurs. 2021 Mar; 47(2):279-287.e1.

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Karadag R, Rapuano CJ, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK. Causes of congenital corneal opacities and their management in a tertiary care center. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2020 Mar-Apr; 83(2):98-102.

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Nolan JP, Berg RA, Andersen LW, Bhanji F, Chan PS, Donnino MW, Lim SH, Ma MH, Nadkarni VM, Starks MA, Perkins GD, Morley PT, Soar J. Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcome Reports: Update of the Utstein Resuscitation Registry Template for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Consensus Report From a Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian and New Zealand Council on Resuscitation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa, Resuscitation Council of Asia). Circulation. 2019 10 29; 140(18):e746-e757.

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Marmura MJ. Triggers, Protectors, and Predictors in Episodic Migraine. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2018 Oct 05; 22(12):81.

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Kebodeaux CA, Schwartz BI. Experience with intrauterine device insertion in never?sexually active adolescents: a?retrospective cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 12; 219(6):600.e1-600.e7.

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Kohler PP, Melano RG, Patel SN, Shafinaz S, Faheem A, Coleman BL, Green K, Armstrong I, Almohri H, Borgia S, Borgundvaag E, Johnstone J, Katz K, Lam F, Muller MP, Powis J, Poutanen SM, Richardson D, Rebbapragada A, Sarabia A, Simor A, McGeer A. Emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, South-Central Ontario, Canada1. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 09; 24(9):1674-1682.

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Kumar S, Modi R, Bhandari BM, Sass DA, Rothstein KD. A Head CT is Unnecessary in the Initial Evaluation of A Cirrhotic Patient with Recurrent Hepatic Encephalopathy. Ann Hepatol. 2018 Aug 24; 17(5):810-814.

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Malatack JJ. The Case for the Case Report. Pediatrics. 2018 04; 141(Suppl 5):S379-S384.

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Sisk BA, Collins GS, Dillenbeck C, Malatack JJ. Appropriateness of Pediatrics Case Reports Citations. Pediatrics. 2018 04; 141(Suppl 5):S526-S529.

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P Goddu A, O'Conor KJ, Lanzkron S, Saheed MO, Saha S, Peek ME, Haywood C, Beach MC. Do Words Matter? Stigmatizing Language and the Transmission of Bias in the Medical Record. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 05; 33(5):685-691.

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