Morbidity

"Morbidity" 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.

MeSH information

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The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.

Descriptor ID	D009017
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.985.525 N01.224.935.597 N06.850.505.400.975.525 N06.850.520.308.985.525
Concept/Terms	Morbidity Morbidity Morbidities

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

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Morbidity [E05.318.308.985.525]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Morbidity [N01.224.935.597]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Morbidity [N06.850.505.400.975.525]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Morbidity [N06.850.520.308.985.525]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Morbidity".

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

publications

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

Bar chart showing 98 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	0	1	1
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
2002	0	3	3
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	2	2
2005	1	6	7
2006	0	6	6
2007	0	7	7
2008	0	6	6
2009	0	3	3
2010	0	4	4
2011	1	3	4
2013	0	3	3
2014	0	5	5
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	12	12
2018	0	6	6
2019	0	8	8
2020	0	4	4
2021	0	5	5
2022	0	4	4

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

Sokhal BS, Matetic A, Freeman P, Shanmuganathan JWD, Mohamed MO, Mallen C, Mamas MA. Influence of the Danish Co-morbidity Index Score on the Treatment and Outcomes of 2.5 Million Patients Admitted With Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States. Am J Cardiol. 2022 09 15; 179:1-10.

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Soliman SS, Durling-Grover R, Bilaniuk JW, Kong K, Renna L, Hakakian D, Rolandelli RH, Antonioli L, Nemeth ZH. Association Between Body Mass Index and Morbidity and Mortality During Hospitalization After Trauma. J Trauma Nurs. 2022 Mar-Apr 01; 29(2):80-85.

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Reddy GB, Ovadia JE, Yakkanti RR, Browne JA, D'Apuzzo MR. Increased Morbidity With Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Matched Control Analysis of 30,000 Patients. J Arthroplasty. 2022 05; 37(5):948-952.

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Neuwirth AL, Boddapati V, Held MB, Grosso MJ, Shah RP, Geller JA, Cooper HJ. Preoperative Anemia Is Associated With 30-Day Morbidity in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Orthopedics. 2022 Mar-Apr; 45(2):e86-e90.

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Soares RR, Cai LZ, Bowe T, Samuelson AG, Liu CK, Parikh D, Patel SN, Hinkle JW, Yonekawa Y. GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS DISPARITIES TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN THE UNITED STATES. Retina. 2021 Nov 01; 41(11):2253-2260.

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Soliman SS, Jordan GB, Bilaniuk JW, Benfante A, Kong K, Rolandelli RH, Curran T, Nemeth ZH. The impact of BMI on morbidity and mortality after femoral fractures. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Jun; 48(3):2441-2447.

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Devin CL, Teeple EA, Linden AF, Gresh RC, Berman L. The morbidity of open tumor biopsy for intraabdominal neoplasms in pediatric patients. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 Oct; 37(10):1349-1354.

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Sparrow R, Sanjoy S, Choi YH, Elgendy IY, Jneid H, Villablanca PA, Holmes DR, Pershad A, Alraies C, Sposato LA, Mamas MA, Bagur R. Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in patients undergoing left atrial appendage closure. Heart. 2021 12; 107(24):1946-1955.

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Zghebi SS, Mamas MA, Ashcroft DM, Rutter MK, VanMarwijk H, Salisbury C, Mallen CD, Chew-Graham CA, Qureshi N, Weng SF, Holt T, Buchan I, Peek N, Giles S, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E. Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study. Open Heart. 2021 04; 8(1).

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Soares RR, Parikh D, Shields CN, Peck T, Gopal A, Sharpe J, Yonekawa Y. Geographic Access Disparities to Clinical Trials in Diabetic Eye Disease in the United States. Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 09; 5(9):879-887.

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