"Cyanosis" 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.
A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule.
| Descriptor ID |
D003490
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.248
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cyanosis" by people in Profiles.
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Dickerson KL, Brown DFM, Wittels K, Wilcox SR. Case Presentations of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies: Shortness of Breath and Cyanosis. J Emerg Med. 2021 May; 60(5):684-687.
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Sahu KK, Mishra AK, Lal A, George SV, Siddiqui AD. Closing the saturation gap: a ten-year retrospective experience with methemoglobinemia. Intern Emerg Med. 2020 09; 15(6):1109-1112.
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Gupta S, Natarajan G, Gupta D, Karnati S, Dwaihy M, Wang B, Chawla S. Variability in Apgar Score Assignment among Clinicians: Role of a Simple Clarification. Am J Perinatol. 2017 01; 34(1):8-13.
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Sahai I, Mochida GH, Grabowski EF, Caruso PA. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 27-2014. A 10-month-old boy with microcephaly and episodic cyanosis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 28; 371(9):847-58.
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Gates J, Hartnell GG, Kramer G. Worsening cyanosis in a middle-aged woman. Acad Radiol. 1997 Apr; 4(4):309-11.
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Carraway R, Leeman SE. The isolation of a new hypotensive peptide, neurotensin, from bovine hypothalami. J Biol Chem. 1973 Oct 10; 248(19):6854-61.
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Ferrucci JT. Cyanotic heart disease in a neonate. JAMA. 1967 Apr 17; 200(3):241-3.