 Comorbidity
"Comorbidity" 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 presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
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D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comorbidity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 1998 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 1999 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2000 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2001 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2002 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2003 | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 2004 | 2 | 19 | 21 | | 2005 | 1 | 41 | 42 | | 2006 | 0 | 43 | 43 | | 2007 | 0 | 33 | 33 | | 2008 | 1 | 32 | 33 | | 2009 | 0 | 45 | 45 | | 2010 | 1 | 37 | 38 | | 2011 | 4 | 39 | 43 | | 2012 | 2 | 45 | 47 | | 2013 | 1 | 49 | 50 | | 2014 | 2 | 61 | 63 | | 2015 | 2 | 65 | 67 | | 2016 | 4 | 90 | 94 | | 2017 | 2 | 77 | 79 | | 2018 | 1 | 68 | 69 | | 2019 | 3 | 87 | 90 | | 2020 | 3 | 59 | 62 | | 2021 | 0 | 57 | 57 | | 2022 | 0 | 31 | 31 | | 2023 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2024 | 4 | 27 | 31 | | 2025 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Endashaw M, Dykes A, Clark R, Warrayat L, Hodges MJ, Deng S, Chen X, Henao-MartÃnez AF, Chastain DB. Impact of COVID-19 on candidemia: Risk factors and outcomes in a southeastern US cohort. Med Mycol. 2025 Nov 04; 63(11).
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Levitt Katz LE, El Ghormli LK, Nadeau KJ, Shah A, Higgins J, Kutney K, Gubitosi-Klug R, Burke B, Mokhlesi B. Obstructive sleep apnea, glycemic control, and cardiovascular risk in young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes: results from the TODAY study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Nov 01; 21(11):1925-1933.
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Ali DA, Hale E, Ascencio A, Berkowitz SJ. Antidepressant pharmacotherapy in childhood PTSD with and without comorbid ADHD: a nationwide retrospective study. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Oct; 190:199-204.
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Canonico ME, Hsia J, Chiu ST, Tseng PK, Mudd JO, Remick JD, Patel B, Chuang YH, Gluckman TJ, Bonaca MP. Temporal shift in prevalence of heart failure diagnoses and comorbidities within 2 US integrated health systems. Am J Manag Care. 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):e238-e240.
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Dai J, Chau T, Corrada MM, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Race and Ethnicity and Comorbidities Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Young-Onset Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2528001.
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Botto LD, Reeder MR, Lui GK, Glidewell MJ, Book WM, Crume TL, DeLaRosa JM, d'Ottavio A, Downing KF, Feldkamp ML, Hsu DT, Khanna AD, Krikov S, Pinto NM, Raskind Hood CL, Rodriguez FH, Soim AS, Whitehead KJ, Chiswell K, Li JS. Comorbidity and Multimorbidity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Findings From a Multi-Site Population-Based Study. Birth Defects Res. 2025 Aug; 117(8):e2515.
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Patel LR, O'Neill M, Anzueto G, Olsen D, Pawlowski K, Santoro JD, Sideridis G, Spinazzi N, Baumer NT. Neurobehavioural Patterns in the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Down Syndrome. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2025 Sep; 69(9):809-821.
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Musso G, Birouty N, Salonia A, Garofano G, Dabbas M, Meagher MF, Yuen KL, Baker B, Saitta C, Patil D, Tanaka H, Kobayashi M, Fukuda S, Montorsi F, Briganti A, Capitanio U, Larcher A, Rosiello G, Fujii Y, Master VA, Derweesh IH. Association of Elevated Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte, and De Ritis Ratios With Major Complications After Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Pathway to Optimize Charlson Comorbidity Index and Preoperative Predictive Modeling. Urology. 2025 Nov; 205:99-107.
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Paller AS, Soong W, Boguniewicz M, Geng B, Thyssen JP, Bennike N, Schneider S, Wollenberg A. Effect of tralokinumab on moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in patients with atopic comorbidities. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2025 Oct; 135(4):425-433.e4.
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Hickey F, Maastricht L, Wolter-Warmerdam K, Daniels D, Herfindahl B, Kelminson K. Co-Occurring Medical Conditions in Over 2300 Children With Down Syndrome at a Down Syndrome Multispecialty Clinic. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2025 Aug; 69(8):711-720.
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