Terminal Care

"Terminal 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.

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Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.

Descriptor ID	D013727
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.905 N02.421.585.905
Concept/Terms	Terminal Care Terminal Care Care, Terminal End of Life Care Care End, Life Care Ends, Life Life Care End Life Care Ends

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Terminal Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Terminal Care [E02.760.905]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Terminal Care [N02.421.585.905]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Terminal Care".

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

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	3	2	5
2008	2	0	2
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	1	3
2011	3	0	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	0	3
2018	1	0	1
2020	2	0	2
2021	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Terminal Care" by people in Profiles.

Tentis M, Al Tannir AH, Pokrzywa CJ, Trevino C, Holena DN, Murphy PB, Carver TW, Peschman J, de Moya MA, Somberg LB, Morris RS. Predictors of End-of-Life Care in Nonelderly Adults With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. J Surg Res. 2024 12; 304:348-355.

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Bassah N, Beranek J, Kennedy M, Onabadejo J, Santos Salas A. Inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care in the black population in Canada: a scoping review. Int J Equity Health. 2024 04 25; 23(1):81.

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Murakami N, Reich AJ, He K, Gelfand SL, Leiter RE, Sciacca K, Adler JT, Lu E, Ong SC, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murad H, Anand P, Ramer SJ, Dadhania DM, Lentine KL, Lakin JR, Alhamad T. Kidney Transplant Clinicians' Perceptions of Palliative Care for Patients With Failing Allografts in the US: A Mixed Methods Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 02; 83(2):173-182.e1.

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Nicoll J, Dryden-Palmer K, Frndova H, Gottesman R, Gray M, Hunt EA, Hutchison JS, Joffe AR, Lacroix J, Middaugh K, Nadkarni V, Szadkowski L, Tomlinson GA, Wensley D, Parshuram CS, Farrell C. Death and Dying in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Multicenter, Multinational Study. J Palliat Med. 2022 02; 25(2):227-233.

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Sade RM, Brasel K, Entwistle J. Family Presence for Acutely Dying Patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 10; 114(4):1521-1522.

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Pak ES, Jones CA, Mather PJ. Ethical Challenges in Care of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support at End-of-Life. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2020 08; 17(4):153-160.

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Carroll RS, Hirst E, Hudson M, Shaw M, Deutsch SA. End-of-life medical decision-making for children in custody: A collaborative, multi-stakeholder practical approach. Child Abuse Negl. 2020 05; 103:104441.

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Jesus JE, Marshall KD, Kraus CK, Derse AR, Baker EF, McGreevy J. Should Emergency Department Patients with End-of-Life Directives be Admitted to the ICU? J Emerg Med. 2018 09; 55(3):435-440.

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Klock Z, Liantonio J. End-of-Life Care in Imprisoned Persons. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 04; 55(4):e4-e6.

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Liantonio J, Liquori M, Lakhtman L, Parks S. Advance care planning: Making it easier for patients (and you). J Fam Pract. 2017 Aug; 66(8):487-491.

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