Chronic Disease

"Chronic Disease" 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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Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D002908
MeSH Number(s)	C23.550.291.500
Concept/Terms	Chronic Disease Chronic Disease Chronic Diseases Disease, Chronic Diseases, Chronic Chronic Illness Chronic Illnesses Illness, Chronic Illnesses, Chronic Chronically Ill Chronically Ill

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

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Disease Attributes [C23.550.291]
Chronic Disease [C23.550.291.500]

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Bar chart showing 558 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 44 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	3	3
1999	0	3	3
2000	0	4	4
2001	0	7	7
2002	0	23	23
2003	0	20	20
2004	2	23	25
2005	4	22	26
2006	4	23	27
2007	4	15	19
2008	5	39	44
2009	3	35	38
2010	3	34	37
2011	3	21	24
2012	3	28	31
2013	5	13	18
2014	3	17	20
2015	3	21	24
2016	1	17	18
2017	3	21	24
2018	3	17	20
2019	2	21	23
2020	2	24	26
2021	2	19	21
2022	0	19	19
2023	2	2	4
2024	0	8	8

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

Silberstein SD, Diener HC, Dodick DW, Sommer K, Lipton RB. Sustained benefits of onabotulinumtoxinA treatment in chronic migraine: An analysis of the pooled Phase 3 REsearch Evaluating Migraine Prophylaxis Therapy (PREEMPT) randomized controlled trials. Headache. 2024 Jul-Aug; 64(7):838-848.

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Amdani S, Conway J, George K, Martinez HR, Asante-Korang A, Goldberg CS, Davies RR, Miyamoto SD, Hsu DT. Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 Jul 09; 150(2):e33-e50.

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Shao SC, Hentz J, Shank P, Leonard M, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ. Functional impairment of chronic migraine with medication overuse: Secondary analysis from the Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy (MOTS) trial. Headache. 2024 Jun; 64(6):632-642.

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Sanusi AA, Leach J, Boggess K, Dugoff L, Sibai B, Lawrence K, Hughes BL, Bell J, Aagaard K, Edwards RK, Gibson KS, Haas DM, Plante L, Metz TD, Casey B, Esplin S, Longo S, Hoffman MK, Saade GR, Hoppe KK, Foroutan J, Tuuli M, Owens MY, Simhan HN, Frey H, Rosen T, Palatnik A, Baker S, August P, Reddy UM, Su EJ, Krishna I, Nguyen NA, Norton ME, Skupski D, El-Sayed YY, Ogunyemi D, Galis ZS, Harper L, Ambalavanan N, Geller NL, Kuo HC, Sinkey RG, Librizzi R, Pereira L, Magann EF, Habli M, Williams S, Mari G, Pridjian G, McKenna DS, Parrish M, Chang E, Osmundson S, Quinones J, Szychowski JM, Tita ATN. Pregnancy Outcomes of Nifedipine Compared With Labetalol for Oral Treatment of Mild Chronic Hypertension. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Jul 01; 144(1):126-134.

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Michel-Flutot P, Cheng L, Thomas SJ, Lisi B, Schwartz H, Lam S, Lyttle M, Jaffe DA, Smith G, Li S, Wright MC, Lepore AC. PTEN inhibition promotes robust growth of bulbospinal respiratory axons and partial recovery of diaphragm function in a chronic model of cervical contusion spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2024 Aug; 378:114816.

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Moritz C, Field-Fote EC, Tefertiller C, van Nes I, Trumbower R, Kalsi-Ryan S, Purcell M, Janssen TWJ, Krassioukov A, Morse LR, Zhao KD, Guest J, Marino RJ, Murray LM, Wecht JM, Rieger M, Pradarelli J, Turner A, D'Amico J, Squair JW, Courtine G. Non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation for arm and hand function in chronic tetraplegia: a safety and efficacy trial. Nat Med. 2024 May; 30(5):1276-1283.

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Cheng C, England E. Nutrition: Chronic Disease Management. FP Essent. 2024 Apr; 539:23-34.

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Whitaker DJ, Dumkrieger GM, Hentz JG, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ. Physical impairment during and between migraine attacks: A daily diary study of patients with chronic migraine. Cephalalgia. 2024 Apr; 44(4):3331024241249747.

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Nash DB. The Future of Chronic Disease Management. Popul Health Manag. 2023 08; 26(S1):S2-S3.

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Hong AL. Sharpening Our Focus on Chronic Disease, Access, and Equity. Popul Health Manag. 2023 08; 26(S1):S1.

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