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 575 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 35 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	5	5
1996	0	7	7
1997	0	11	11
1998	1	11	12
1999	0	9	9
2000	0	16	16
2001	0	8	8
2002	2	17	19
2003	2	21	23
2004	5	14	19
2005	3	25	28
2006	2	20	22
2007	5	23	28
2008	4	19	23
2009	2	10	12
2010	8	24	32
2011	4	17	21
2012	1	11	12
2013	4	16	20
2014	8	22	30
2015	4	20	24
2016	7	17	24
2017	8	27	35
2018	10	13	23
2019	2	17	19
2020	2	21	23
2021	1	10	11
2022	2	20	22
2023	0	16	16
2024	1	12	13
2025	0	8	8

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

Christensen JD, Harowicz M, Walker CM, Little BP, Batra K, Brixey AG, Carroll MB, Chelala L, Cox CW, Drummond MB, Geissen NM, Halpern J, Madan R, Gopalakrishnan VP, Shroff GS, Thornton CS, Zreloff J, Chung JH. ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Chronic Dyspnea-Noncardiovascular Origin: 2024 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 May; 22(5S):S163-S176.

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Branley CE, Goulding M, Tisminetzky M, Lemon SC. The association between multimorbidity and food insecurity among US parents, guardians, and caregivers. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 25(1):1487.

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Conte MS, Farber A, Barleben A, Chisci E, Doros G, Kashyap VS, Kayssi A, Kolh P, Moreira CC, Nypaver T, Rosenfield K, Rowe VL, Schanzer A, Singh N, Siracuse JJ, Strong MB, Menard MT. Impact of Bypass Conduit and Early Technical Failure on Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Mar; 18(3):e014716.

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Cave DR, Hanscom M, Bledsoe J, Madahian S, Hyatt B, Marya N, Baptista V, Schneider D, Reed G, Albo B, Min M, Barton B. Chronic Stenosing Enteritis: A Variant of Chronic Non-specific Stenosing Ulceration (CNSU) that Is Distinct from Crohn's Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Apr; 70(4):1449-1456.

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Jonikas JA, Aranda F, Burke-Miller JK, Sabella K, Mullen MG, Davis M, Cook JA. Prevalence of chronic physical conditions and physical multimorbidity among young adults with serious mental health conditions. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2025 Jun; 48(2):89-98.

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Kum E, Guyatt GH, Abdulqawi R, Dicpinigaitis P, Dupont L, Field SK, French CL, Gibson PG, Irwin RS, Johnston F, McGarvey L, Newman R, Popovic N, Smith JA, Song WJ, O'Byrne PM, Satia I. The McMaster Cough Severity Questionnaire (MCSQ): a cough severity instrument for patients with refractory chronic cough. Eur Respir J. 2025 Feb; 65(2).

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Khor YH, Poberezhets V, Buhr RG, Chalmers JD, Choi H, Fan VS, George M, Holland AE, Pinnock H, Ryerson CJ, Alder R, Aronson KI, Barnes T, Benzo R, Birring SS, Boyd J, Crossley B, Flewett R, Freedman M, Gibson T, Houchen-Wolloff L, Krishnaswamy UM, Linnell J, Martinez FJ, Moor CC, Orr H, Pappalardo AA, Saraiva I, Wadell K, Watz H, Wijsenbeek MS, Krishnan JA. Assessment of Home-based Monitoring in Adults with Chronic Lung Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb; 211(2):174-193.

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Kitsiou S, Gerber BS, Buchholz SW, Kansal MM, Sun J, Pressler SJ. Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 15; 27:e55586.

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Tantoco AM, Peterson R, Corbin B, Coyne F, Herbst B, Hunt S, Levoy E, Luttrell H, Shanske S, Sanyal S, Dwyer-Matzky K, Jenkins AM. Pediatric to Adult Care Transition in the Hospital Context (PATCH) Tool: A Novel Tool to Assess Pediatric Institutional Guidelines for Inpatient Care of Adults. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Apr; 25(3):102625.

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Claudel SE, Verma A. Social Determinants of Health and Cumulative Incidence of Mortality Among US Adults Without Major Chronic Diseases. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May; 40(7):1527-1537.

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