Secondary Prevention

"Secondary Prevention" 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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The prevention of recurrences or exacerbations of a disease or complications of its therapy.

Descriptor ID	D055502
MeSH Number(s)	E02.897 N02.421.726.825 N06.850.780.750
Concept/Terms	Secondary Prevention Secondary Prevention Prevention, Secondary Preventions, Secondary Secondary Preventions Secondary Disease Prevention Disease Prevention, Secondary Disease Preventions, Secondary Prevention, Secondary Disease Preventions, Secondary Disease Secondary Disease Preventions Relapse Prevention Relapse Prevention Prevention, Relapse Preventions, Relapse Relapse Preventions Early Therapy Early Therapy Early Therapies Therapies, Early Therapy, Early

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

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Secondary Prevention [E02.897]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Preventive Health Services [N02.421.726]
Secondary Prevention [N02.421.726.825]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Secondary Prevention [N06.850.780.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Secondary Prevention".

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

Bar chart showing 165 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	2	2
2000	0	3	3
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	5	5
2004	0	2	2
2005	0	7	7
2006	0	8	8
2007	0	9	9
2008	0	9	9
2009	0	4	4
2010	0	5	5
2011	1	14	15
2012	1	7	8
2013	3	9	12
2014	5	9	14
2015	3	1	4
2016	5	2	7
2017	0	5	5
2018	2	6	8
2019	2	3	5
2020	5	4	9
2021	4	5	9
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	3	4
2025	1	0	1

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

Pana TA, Mamas MA, Myint PK, Dawson DK. Sex differences in myocardial infarction care and outcomes: a longitudinal Scottish National Data-Linkage Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 03; 32(8):696-707.

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Bao A, Karalis DG. Statin Therapy for Primary and Secondary Prevention in Older Adults. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2024 Nov 25; 27(1):11.

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Kobo O, Michos ED, Roguin A, Bagur R, Gulati M, Mamas MA. Recommended and observed statin use among US adults with and without cancer. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Aug 09; 31(10):1251-1257.

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Nemeth ZH, Flanagan JS, Stopper PB, Rolandelli RH. Abdominal Instillation of Crystalloid Fluid Decreases the Recurrence of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction. Am Surg. 2024 Nov; 90(11):3148-3150.

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Gibson CM, Duffy D, Korjian S, Bahit MC, Chi G, Alexander JH, Lincoff AM, Heise M, Tricoci P, Deckelbaum LI, Mears SJ, Nicolau JC, Lopes RD, Merkely B, Lewis BS, Cornel JH, Trebacz J, Parkhomenko A, Libby P, Sacks FM, Povsic TJ, Bonaca M, Goodman SG, Bhatt DL, Tendera M, Steg PG, Ridker PM, Aylward P, Kastelein JJP, Bode C, Mahaffey KW, Nicholls SJ, Pocock SJ, Mehran R, Harrington RA. Apolipoprotein A1 Infusions and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med. 2024 05 02; 390(17):1560-1571.

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Berghella V, Gulersen M, Roman A, Boelig RC. Vaginal progesterone for the prevention of recurrent spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 10; 5(10):101116.

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Sedhom R, Hamed M, Tan W, Mansoor H, Stoletniy L, Mamas M, Abramov D, Elgendy IY, Elbadawi A. Meta-Analysis on the Clinical Outcomes With Polypills for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Am J Cardiol. 2023 08 15; 201:211-218.

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Diaz-Arocutipa C, Saucedo-Chinchay J, Mamas MA, Vicent L. Influenza vaccine improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 May-Jun; 47:102311.

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Chang RS, Leung WC, Vassallo M, Sykes L, Battersby Wood E, Kwan J. Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after stroke. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 02 07; 2:CD005398.

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Tai WA. Stroke: Long-Term Poststroke Management. FP Essent. 2022 Jan; 512:31-40.

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