"Diagnosis" 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.
The determination of the nature of a disease or condition, or the distinguishing of one disease or condition from another. Assessment may be made through physical examination, laboratory tests, or the likes. Computerized programs may be used to enhance the decision-making process.
| Descriptor ID |
D003933
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01
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| Concept/Terms |
Postmortem Diagnosis- Postmortem Diagnosis
- Diagnoses, Postmortem
- Diagnosis, Postmortem
- Postmortem Diagnoses
Antemortem Diagnosis- Antemortem Diagnosis
- Antemortem Diagnoses
- Diagnoses, Antemortem
- Diagnosis, Antemortem
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis".
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
- Diagnosis [E01]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis" by people in Profiles.
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Shah R, Patel T, Freedman JE. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles in Human Disease. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 06; 379(10):958-966.
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Schildkrout B. Complexities of the Diagnostic Process. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2018 06; 206(6):488-490.
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Iorio A, Spencer FA, Falavigna M, Alba C, Lang E, Burnand B, McGinn T, Hayden J, Williams K, Shea B, Wolff R, Kujpers T, Perel P, Vandvik PO, Glasziou P, Schunemann H, Guyatt G. Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients. BMJ. 2015 Mar 16; 350:h870.
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Trikalinos TA, Hoaglin DC, Small KM, Terrin N, Schmid CH. Methods for the joint meta-analysis of multiple tests. Res Synth Methods. 2014 Dec; 5(4):294-312.
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Pine M, Jordan HS, Elixhauser A, Fry DE, Hoaglin DC, Jones B, Meimban R, Warner D, Gonzales J. Modifying ICD-9-CM coding of secondary diagnoses to improve risk-adjustment of inpatient mortality rates. Med Decis Making. 2009 Jan-Feb; 29(1):69-81.
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Richardson WS, Wilson MC, Keitz SA, Wyer PC. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: making sense of diagnostic test results using likelihood ratios. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan; 23(1):87-92.
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Stempsey WE. Emerging medical technologies and emerging conceptions of health. Theor Med Bioeth. 2006; 27(3):227-43.
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Bernabei R, Gambassi G, Lapane K, Sgadari A, Landi F, Gatsonis C, Lipsitz L, Mor V. Characteristics of the SAGE database: a new resource for research on outcomes in long-term care. SAGE (Systematic Assessment of Geriatric drug use via Epidemiology) Study Group. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1999 Jan; 54(1):M25-33.
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Weinreb L, McGlynn TJ, Johnson T, Munzenrider RF. Faculty supervision of residents in an internal medicine practice. J Med Educ. 1981 Dec; 56(12):1011-8.
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Spodick DH. Physical diagnosis teaching. A personal polemic. JAMA. 1971 Sep 06; 217(10):1381.