 Length of Stay
"Length of Stay" 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 period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
| Descriptor ID |
D007902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.400.480 N02.421.585.400.480
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Stay- Hospital Stay
- Hospital Stays
- Stay, Hospital
- Stays, Hospital
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in this website by year, and whether "Length of Stay" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2001 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2002 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2003 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2004 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2005 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2006 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2007 | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 2008 | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 2009 | 5 | 15 | 20 | | 2010 | 3 | 21 | 24 | | 2011 | 4 | 17 | 21 | | 2012 | 7 | 21 | 28 | | 2013 | 2 | 36 | 38 | | 2014 | 5 | 33 | 38 | | 2015 | 9 | 47 | 56 | | 2016 | 12 | 45 | 57 | | 2017 | 8 | 45 | 53 | | 2018 | 17 | 43 | 60 | | 2019 | 12 | 54 | 66 | | 2020 | 5 | 42 | 47 | | 2021 | 4 | 47 | 51 | | 2022 | 1 | 31 | 32 | | 2023 | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 2024 | 14 | 27 | 41 | | 2025 | 6 | 30 | 36 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in Profiles.
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Wiersma A, Watkins A, Ertle T, Johnson B, Spencer S. Rapid cycle QI methods ensure prompt paediatric emergency care during 2022 respiratory surge. Emerg Med J. 2025 Sep 24; 42(10):676-682.
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Silverman A, Walsh R, Santoro JD, Thomas K, Ballinger E, Fisher KS, Thomas AX, Appavu B, Kruer MC, Neilson D, Knoll J, Sharp AN, Edelman HE, Otallah S, Morgan A, Grzezulkowska A, Nguyen J, Rao LM, Hecht SM, Catalano L, Daigle H, Kronfol C, Wharton J, Adams D, Kalawi AZ, Kung M, Arellano JL, Smith L, Segal D, Feja K, Broomall E, Jayakar A, Arnold SR, Retallack H, Press CA, Gombolay G, McLaughlin MH, Kannan V, Thakkar K, Rezwan T, Hulfish E, Eid D, Meylor J, Peng D, Hurtado R, Nickerson T, Mandell I, Carbonell AU, Kerner-Rossi M, Jayaraman D, Davis M, Olivero R, Shah N, Osborne CM, Zhang B, Cortina C, Randolph AG, Rao S, LaRocca T, Van Haren KP, Wilson-Murphy M. Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in US Children. JAMA. 2025 08 26; 334(8):692-701.
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Healy GL, Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Su Y, Zhuang Y, Anioke T, Henderson WG. Association between postoperative length of stay and unplanned readmission: A large-scale observational study of 3,140,280 patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) registry. Surgery. 2025 Nov; 187:109613.
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Arora RC, Teman N, Gregory AJ. State-of-the-Art Review: Operating Room Extubation. Innovations (Phila). 2025 Jul-Aug; 20(4):341-349.
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Mansfield SA, Kotagal M, Hartman SJ, Murphy AJ, Hogan B, Ha D, Anghelescu DL, Mecoli M, Cost NG, Davidoff AM, Rove KO. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Improves Length of Stay and Decreases Complications After Resection of Abdominal Neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Nov; 72(11):e31971.
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Sikora A, Min W, Devlin JW, Hu M, Murphy DJ, Murray B, Zhao B, Shen Y, Chen X, Smith SE, Rowe S, Liu T, Li S. Effect of Comprehensive Medication Management on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 01; 53(10):e1995-e2004.
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Sarode AL, Su E, Drost J, Evan M, Haselton L, Blecker N. The economic burden of hip fractures in the geriatric population by mental health illness and substance Use Status: National estimates 2016 to 2020. Injury. 2025 Oct; 56(10):112615.
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Garoosi K, Kalia N, Adepoju J, Escobar-Domingo MJ, Horstman C, Kahan R, Fitzpatrick Q, Ahn YJ, Park JB, Grobman B, Lee D, Shenaq DS, Kurlander D, Raj M, Tevis S, Arruda J, Winocour J, Kokosis G, Lee BT, Mathes DW, Kaoutzanis C. Post-operative complications in combined versus staged breast reconstruction and risk-reducing gynecologic surgeries: A multi-institution multi-surgeon analysis. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Aug; 107:258-266.
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Olsen BA, Niemiec SS, Mancuso CA, Khailova L, Klawitter J, Frank BS, Davidson JA. Circulating amino acid levels in infants undergoing congenital heart disease surgery: near global decrease following cardiopulmonary bypass and impact of perioperative feeding patterns. Metabolomics. 2025 Jun 14; 21(4):80.
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Fisher CR, Dukhovny D, Warren JB. Effects of a remote patient monitoring program on cost of care for neonates with inadequate oral feeding. J Perinatol. 2025 Sep; 45(9):1262-1267.
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