Comorbidity

"Comorbidity" 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 presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.

Descriptor ID	D015897
MeSH Number(s)	N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
Concept/Terms	Comorbidity Comorbidity Comorbidities

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

Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Comorbidity [N05.715.350.225]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Comorbidity [N06.850.490.687]

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

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

Comorbidity
Multimorbidity

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

Bar chart showing 489 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 34 publications in 2014 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	3	3
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	10	10
2003	0	9	9
2004	0	8	8
2005	0	24	24
2006	0	22	22
2007	1	26	27
2008	0	30	30
2009	1	26	27
2010	1	20	21
2011	0	21	21
2012	1	17	18
2013	1	26	27
2014	2	32	34
2015	1	21	22
2016	0	30	30
2017	1	32	33
2018	4	30	34
2019	1	26	27
2020	0	20	20
2021	0	19	19
2022	0	6	6
2023	0	8	8
2024	0	2	2

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

Berkovich R, Sokolov AY, Totolyan NA, Verbitskaya EV, Yakupova AA, Eskenazi J. Cross-prevalence of multiple sclerosis and stroke evaluated on cohorts of four independent specialty medical centers. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Oct; 90:105772.

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Ament SA, Campbell RR, Lobo MK, Receveur JP, Agrawal K, Borjabad A, Byrareddy SN, Chang L, Clarke D, Emani P, Gabuzda D, Gaulton KJ, Giglio M, Giorgi FM, Gok B, Guda C, Hadas E, Herb BR, Hu W, Huttner A, Ishmam MR, Jacobs MM, Kelschenbach J, Kim DW, Lee C, Liu S, Liu X, Madras BK, Mahurkar AA, Mash DC, Mukamel EA, Niu M, O'Connor RM, Pagan CM, Pang APS, Pillai P, Repunte-Canonigo V, Ruzicka WB, Stanley J, Tickle T, Tsai SA, Wang A, Wills L, Wilson AM, Wright SN, Xu S, Yang J, Zand M, Zhang L, Zhang J, Akbarian S, Buch S, Cheng CS, Corley MJ, Fox HS, Gerstein M, Gummuluru S, Heiman M, Ho YC, Kellis M, Kenny PJ, Kluger Y, Milner TA, Moore DJ, Morgello S, Ndhlovu LC, Rana TM, Sanna PP, Satterlee JS, Sestan N, Spector SA, Spudich S, Tilgner HU, Volsky DJ, White OR, Williams DW, Zeng H. The single-cell opioid responses in the context of HIV (SCORCH) consortium. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 29(12):3950-3961.

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Thompson CA, Sheridan P, Metwally E, Peacock Hinton S, Mullins MA, Dillon EC, Thompson M, Pettit N, Kurian AW, Pruitt SL, Lyratzopoulos G. Emergency department involvement in the diagnosis of cancer among older adults: a SEER-Medicare study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Apr 30; 8(3).

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Patel H, Tapert SF, Brown SA, Norman SB, Pelham WE. Do traumatic events and substance use co-occur during adolescence? Testing three causal etiologic hypotheses. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2024 Oct; 65(10):1388-1397.

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Shih CA, Li CC, Chang YF, Hwang JS, Tsai MC, Chou YY, Lin CJ, Huang MT, Hong CK, Tai TW, Wu CH. Demographics and medical burden of osteogenesis imperfecta: a nationwide database analysis. Osteoporos Int. 2024 Jul; 35(7):1185-1193.

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Kunz M, Rott KW, Hurwitz E, Kunisaki K, Sun J, Wilkins KJ, Islam JY, Patel R, Safo SE. The Intersections of COVID-19, HIV, and Race/Ethnicity: Machine Learning Methods to Identify and Model Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in a Large U.S. National Dataset. AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(Suppl 1):5-21.

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Vujanovic AA, Back SE, Leonard SJ, Zoller L, Kaysen DL, Norman SB, Flanagan JC, Schmitz JM, Resick P. Mental Health Clinician Practices and Perspectives on Treating Adults with Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders. J Dual Diagn. 2023 Oct-Dec; 19(4):189-198.

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Lew R, Cheng S, Chun I, Ishikawa K, Ahn HJ, Wai C. Gastric adenocarcinoma location and postoperative complication rates in Asian patients: A 2014-2019 NSQIP analysis. Am J Surg. 2024 01; 227:208-212.

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Seto BK, Tsai PI, Khan Z, Seto TB. Impact of More Detailed Measures of Disease Severity on Racial Disparities in Cardiac Surgery Mortality among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2023 10; 82(10 Suppl 1):84-88.

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Kanwal F, Nelson R, Liu Y, Kramer JR, Hernaez R, Cholankeril G, Rana A, Flores A, Smith D, Cao Y, Beech B, Asch SM. Cost of Care for Patients With Cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 03 01; 119(3):497-504.

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