"Diagnosis, Differential" 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.
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
| Descriptor ID |
D003937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.171
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis, Differential".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis, Differential".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnosis, Differential" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1995 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2000 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2003 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2004 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2005 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2006 | 0 | 88 | 88 |
| 2007 | 1 | 67 | 68 |
| 2008 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2009 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2010 | 1 | 56 | 57 |
| 2011 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2012 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| 2013 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2014 | 1 | 50 | 51 |
| 2015 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2016 | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| 2017 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 2018 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2020 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2021 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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Merli GJ, Yenser H, Orapallo D. Approach to the Patient with Non-cardiac Leg Swelling. Med Clin North Am. 2023 Sep; 107(5):945-961.
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Hofacker SA, Schmidt EP. Case 11-2023: A Man with Mantle-Cell Lymphoma and Hypoxemia. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 06; 389(1):95.
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Greben S, Lee RK. Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Abnormal Uterine?Bleeding. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Nov; 19(11):e51.
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Liu CK, Williamson JE, Milman T, Lally SE, Shields CL. Intramuscular Eyelid Myxoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 38(6):e180-e183.
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Durrani AF, Jayasundera KT, Conrady CD. Diagnostic Dilemmas With a Great Ocular Masquerader. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 04 01; 140(4):432-433.
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Skopicki N, Lee RK. Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Low Back Pain: 2021 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 05; 19(5):e23.
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Light JG, Pyfer MS, Salabati M, Mahmoudzadeh R, Wakabayashi T, Ho AC. Stellate nonhereditary idiopathic foveomacular retinoschisis and an approach to the differential diagnosis of macular star. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2022 May 01; 33(3):157-166.
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Grant DS, Neville DN, Levas M, Balamuth F, Garro AC, Bennett JE, Thompson AD, Kharbanda AB, Lyons TW, Nigrovic LE. Validation of Septic Knee Monoarthritis Prediction Rule in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Feb 01; 38(2):e881-e885.
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Knudson MM, Moore EE, Kornblith LZ, Shui AM, Brakenridge S, Bruns BR, Cipolle MD, Costantini TW, Crookes BA, Haut ER, Kerwin AJ, Kiraly LN, Knowlton LM, Martin MJ, McNutt MK, Milia DJ, Mohr A, Nirula R, Rogers FB, Scalea TM, Sixta SL, Spain DA, Wade CE, Velmahos GC. Challenging Traditional Paradigms in Posttraumatic Pulmonary Thromboembolism. JAMA Surg. 2022 02 01; 157(2):e216356.
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Weiss SL, Carcillo JA, Leclerc F, Leteurtre S, Schlapbach LJ, Tissieres P, Wynn JL, Lacroix J. Refining the Pediatric Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2022 01 01; 149(1 Suppl 1):S13-S22.