Survivors

"Survivors" 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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Persons who have experienced a prolonged survival after serious disease or who continue to live with a usually life-threatening condition as well as family members, significant others, or individuals surviving traumatic life events.

Descriptor ID	D017741
MeSH Number(s)	M01.860
Concept/Terms	Survivors Survivors Survivor Long-Term Survivors Long-Term Survivors Long Term Survivors Long-Term Survivor Survivor, Long-Term Survivors, Long-Term

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Survivors [M01.860]

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

Bar chart showing 101 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	3	0	3
2004	3	0	3
2005	4	0	4
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	3	3
2008	5	5	10
2009	4	0	4
2010	3	2	5
2011	3	1	4
2012	3	2	5
2013	3	6	9
2014	3	0	3
2015	4	1	5
2016	4	3	7
2017	3	4	7
2018	2	2	4
2019	0	2	2
2020	1	2	3
2021	1	8	9
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

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Weight N, Moledina S, Hennessy T, Jia H, Banach M, Rashid M, Siller-Matula JM, Thiele H, Mamas MA. The quality of care and long-term mortality of out of hospital cardiac arrest survivors after acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 01 16; 11(1):47-58.

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Weight N, Singh S, Moledina S, Mamas MA. The processes of care and long-term mortality of acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock survivors: A nationwide cohort study. Int J Cardiol. 2025 01 15; 419:132669.

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Thompson ED, Miller AE, Reisman DS. Characterizing the impact of multiple chronic conditions on return to participation in chronic stroke survivors. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2024 01; 31(1):97-103.

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Hickson MR, Winters M, Thomas NH, Gardner MM, Kirschen MP, Nadkarni V, Berg R, Slomine BS, Pinto NP, Topjian A. Long-term function, quality of life and healthcare utilization among survivors of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2023 06; 187:109768.

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Musanabaganwa C, Jansen S, Wani A, Rugamba A, Mutabaruka J, Rutembesa E, Uwineza A, Fatumo S, Hermans EJ, Souopgui J, Wildman DE, Uddin M, Roozendaal B, Njemini R, Mutesa L. Community engagement in epigenomic and neurocognitive research on post-traumatic stress disorder in Rwandans exposed to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: lessons learned. Epigenomics. 2022 08; 14(15):887-895.

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Musanabaganwa C, Wani AH, Donglasan J, Fatumo S, Jansen S, Mutabaruka J, Rutembesa E, Uwineza A, Hermans EJ, Roozendaal B, Wildman DE, Mutesa L, Uddin M. Leukocyte methylomic imprints of exposure to the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: a pilot epigenome-wide analysis. Epigenomics. 2022 01; 14(1):11-25.

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Haug VF, Tapking C, Panayi AC, Thiele P, Wang AT, Obed D, Hirche C, Most P, Kneser U, Hundeshagen G. Long-term sequelae of critical illness in sepsis, trauma and burns: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 10 01; 91(4):736-747.

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Kobo O, Khattak S, Lopez-Mattei J, Van Spall HGC, Graham M, Cheng RK, Osman M, Sun L, Ullah W, Fischman DL, Roguin A, Mohamed MO, Mamas MA. Trends in cardiovascular mortality of cancer patients in the US over two decades 1999-2019. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Nov; 75(11):e14841.

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Morales S, Salehabadi SM, Srivastava D, Gibson TM, Leisenring WM, Alderfer MA, Lown EA, Zeltzer LK, Armstrong GT, Krull KR, Buchbinder D. Health-related and cancer risk concerns among siblings of childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). J Cancer Surviv. 2022 06; 16(3):624-637.

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Olafson SN, Cohen RB, Parsikia A, Moran B, Kaplan MJ, Leung P. Insurance Status Impacts Hospital Discharge for Penetrating Trauma Survivors. Am Surg. 2022 Aug; 88(8):1996-2002.

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