"Guideline Adherence" 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.
Conformity in fulfilling or following official, recognized, or institutional requirements, guidelines, recommendations, protocols, pathways, or other standards.
| Descriptor ID |
D019983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.337 N05.715.360.395
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Guideline Adherence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Guideline Adherence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2016 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Guideline Adherence" by people in Profiles.
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Gazarian PK, Crawford S, Quill C, Rossetti V. From Policy to Practice: The Evidence on Pre-Registration and Reporting Guidelines in Nursing Journal Publications. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2026 Jun; 23(3):e70149.
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Boitano LT, Brown S, O'Neil L, O'Connell L, Okuhn S, Chute DF, Fan EY, Finnesgard E, Jones DW, Simons JP, Schanzer A. Leveraging natural language processing software to implement and execute abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Sep; 84(3):626-634.
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Feeney ME, Canova AE, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Guideline-Concordant Sedative and Analgesia Use in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Feb; 8(2):e1370.
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Feeney ME, Canova AE, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Guideline-Concordant Sedative and Analgesia Use in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Feb 01; 8(2):e1370.
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Flanagan M, Fantasia HC. A Multicomponent, Team-Based Quality Improvement Project for Improving Cervical Cancer Screenings in Primary Care. Nurs Womens Health. 2026 02; 30(1):25-32.
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Chen AY, Simon GE, Ericson KM, Zeber JE, Qian J, Geissler KH. Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 12 01; 8(12):e2549130.
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Jin Y, Yan S, Yao X, Dahm P, Alonso-Coello P, Brignardello-Petersen R, Keitz S, Rylance J, Cheung M, Agoritsas T, Kunkle R, Murad MH, Guyatt G. Study protocol for developing the evaluation instrument of guideline adherence to GRADE approach (GRADE-Check). BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 09; 15(11):e105534.
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Ramesh R, Stacey P, Alexander M, Doulamis I, Welch HJ, Lipsitz E, Indes JE. Guideline-based screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms is significantly underperformed and possibly impacted by medical comorbidities. J Vasc Surg. 2026 03; 83(3):953-960.e2.
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Zhang YB, Fischer FS, Abola MV, Osei DA, Wolfe SW, Amen TB. Do ChatGPT and Gemini's Recommendations Align With Established Guidelines for Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery? Hand (N Y). 2026 Aug; 21(7):1178-1183.
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Nieser KJ, Harris AHS, Binswanger IA, Clark SC, Finlay AK. Legal-involved veterans are less likely to receive guideline-concordant colorectal cancer screening. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Mar 04; 25(1):333.