Risk Assessment

"Risk Assessment" 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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The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)

Descriptor ID	D018570
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.800.715 N04.452.871.715 N05.715.360.750.625.700.690 N06.850.505.715 N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
Concept/Terms	Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Assessments, Risk Risk Assessments Health Risk Assessment Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Risk Health Risk Assessments Risk Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Assessment, Risk Risks and Benefits Risks and Benefits Benefits and Risks Benefit-Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessment Assessment, Benefit-Risk Assessments, Benefit-Risk Benefit Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessments Risk-Benefit Assessment Assessment, Risk-Benefit Assessments, Risk-Benefit Risk Benefit Assessment Risk-Benefit Assessments

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Risk [E05.318.740.600.800]
Risk Assessment [E05.318.740.600.800.715]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Risk Management [N04.452.871]
Risk Assessment [N04.452.871.715]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Risk [N05.715.360.750.625.700]
Risk Assessment [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.505.715]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Risk [N06.850.520.830.600.800]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.520.830.600.800.715]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Risk Assessment".

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

Risk Assessment
Adverse Outcome Pathways
Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

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Bar chart showing 1459 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 106 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	2	2
1999	1	6	7
2000	2	7	9
2001	2	6	8
2002	4	16	20
2003	1	23	24
2004	4	28	32
2005	4	44	48
2006	3	36	39
2007	6	52	58
2008	4	64	68
2009	2	66	68
2010	6	73	79
2011	3	56	59
2012	13	65	78
2013	16	69	85
2014	9	69	78
2015	13	70	83
2016	13	68	81
2017	16	59	75
2018	13	72	85
2019	15	82	97
2020	11	95	106
2021	5	60	65
2022	1	22	23
2023	0	18	18
2024	0	49	49
2025	0	11	11

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

Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mendez-Pino L, Rehman MJ, Sarin P, Nasra S, Varelmann D. Preoperative Multivariable Model for Risk Stratification of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation. Anesth Analg. 2025 May 01; 140(5):1029-1036.

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Wong AH, Sapre AV, Wang K, Nath B, Shah D, Kumar A, Faustino IV, Desai R, Hu Y, Robinson L, Meng C, Tong G, Bernstein SL, Yonkers KA, Melnick ER, Dziura JD, Taylor RA. Predicting Agitation Events in the Emergency Department Through Artificial Intelligence. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e258927.

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Ezenna C, Krishna MM, Joseph M, Ibrahim S, Pereira V, Jenil-Franco A, Nanna MG, Bangalore S, Goldsweig AM. Optical Coherence Tomography Versus Angiography Alone to Guide PCI for Complex Lesions: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 May; 18(5):e015141.

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Rao SV, Brooks MM, D'Agostino HEA, Steg PG, Simon T, Aronow HD, Goldsweig AM, Malik S, Alsweiler C, Ho KKL, Dehghani P, Caixeta A, Quraishi AR, Robinson S, Traverse JH, Siddiqi O, Fergusson DA, Potter BJ, Schulman-Marcus J, Keating FK, Carson JL. Effect of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy on Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Revascularization: A Prespecified Analysis of the MINT Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 May; 18(5):e015249.

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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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Zhang J, Hobbs BD, Silverman EK, Sparrow D, Ortega VE, Xu H, Zhang C, Dupuis J, Walkey AJ, O'Connor GT, Cho MH, Moll M. Polygenic Risk Score Added to Conventional Case Finding to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. JAMA. 2025 Mar 04; 333(9):784-792.

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Barn?s-Valldejuly O, Wurzl A, Church B. Clinical Risk Assessment and Treatment of a Man Attacked by a Rabid North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) in the Connecticut River: Case Report. Wilderness Environ Med. 2025 Jun; 36(2):263-266.

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Ding H, Ye Z, Paschalidis A, Bennett DA, Au R, Lin H. Dynamic lifetime risk prediction of Alzheimer's disease with longitudinal cognitive assessment measurements. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e70055.

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Ahmad S, Ahsan MJ, Newlun M, Sand M, Rmilah AA, Yousaf A, Shabbir MA, Malik SA, Goldsweig AM. Outcomes of aortic stenosis in patients with cardiac amyloidosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2025 Apr; 73:98-106.

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Chitavi SO, Williams SC, Patrianakos J, Schmaltz SP, Boudreaux ED, Ahmedani BK, Roaten K, Comtois KAK, Akkas F, Brown GK. Evaluating the Prevalence of Suicide Risk Screening Practices in Accredited Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 May; 51(5):342-349.

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