Palliative Care

"Palliative Care" 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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Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor ID	D010166
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
Concept/Terms	Palliative Care Palliative Care Care, Palliative Therapy, Palliative Palliative Therapy Palliative Treatment Palliative Treatments Treatment, Palliative Treatments, Palliative Palliative Surgery Palliative Surgery Surgery, Palliative

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Palliative Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Palliative Care [E02.760.666]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Palliative Care [N02.421.585.666]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Palliative Care".

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Bar chart showing 1044 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 63 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	3	2	5
1993	6	2	8
1994	7	8	15
1995	5	7	12
1996	13	7	20
1997	15	10	25
1998	16	6	22
1999	8	8	16
2000	21	14	35
2001	17	8	25
2002	18	9	27
2003	11	9	20
2004	14	12	26
2005	13	12	25
2006	17	14	31
2007	21	15	36
2008	20	13	33
2009	16	11	27
2010	24	19	43
2011	28	14	42
2012	49	12	61
2013	42	15	57
2014	46	15	61
2015	39	15	54
2016	22	12	34
2017	27	13	40
2018	36	14	50
2019	37	17	54
2020	31	32	63
2021	23	28	51
2022	6	20	26

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Chang YK, Allen LA, McClung JA, Denvir MA, Philip J, Mori M, Perez-Cruz P, Cheng SY, Collins A, Hui D. Criteria for Referral of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure for Specialized Palliative Care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 07 26; 80(4):332-344.

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Patel S, Hoge G, Fellman B, Kaur S, Heung Y, Bruera E, Hui D. Timing of referral to outpatient palliative care for patients with haematologic malignancies. Br J Haematol. 2022 09; 198(6):974-982.

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Azhar A, Hui D. Management of Physical Symptoms in Patients with Advanced Cancer during the Last Weeks and Days of Life. Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jul; 54(3):661-670.

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Ann-Yi S, Bruera E. Psychological Aspects of Care in Cancer Patients in the Last Weeks/Days of Life. Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jul; 54(3):651-660.

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Grouls A, Nwogu-Onyemkpa E, Guffey D, Chatterjee S, Herlihy JP, Naik AD. Palliative Care Impact on COVID-19 Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Oct; 64(4):e181-e187.

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Hiratsuka Y, Suh SY, Hui D, Morita T, Mori M, Oyamada S, Amano K, Imai K, Baba M, Kohara H, Hisanaga T, Maeda I, Hamano J, Inoue A. Are Prognostic Scores Better Than Clinician Judgment? A Prospective Study Using Three Models. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Oct; 64(4):391-399.

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Kumar S, Bahdi F, Emelogu IK, Yu AC, Coronel M, Ge PS, Coronel E, Ajani JA, Weston B, Lynch P, Ross WA, Lee JH. How much progress have we made?: a 20-year experience regarding esophageal stents for the palliation of malignant dysphagia. Dis Esophagus. 2022 Jun 15; 35(6).

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Sawyer KE, Carpenter AT, Coleman RD, Tume SC, Crawford CA, Casas JA. Provider Perceptions for Withdrawing Life Sustaining Therapies at a Large Pediatric Hospital. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Sep; 64(3):e115-e121.

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Yilmaz S, Grudzen CR, Durham DD, McNaughton C, Marcelin I, Abar B, Adler D, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Bernstein SL, Bischof JJ, Coyne CJ, Henning DJ, Hudson MF, Klotz A, Lyman GH, Madsen TE, Pallin DJ, Reyes-Gibby C, Rico JF, Ryan RJ, Shapiro NI, Swor R, Thomas CR, Venkat A, Wilson J, Yeung SJ, Caterino JM. Palliative Care Needs and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Advanced Cancer in the Emergency Department. J Palliat Med. 2022 07; 25(7):1115-1121.

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Morita T, Kawahara T, Stone P, Sykes N, Miccinesi G, Klein C, Stiel S, Hui D, Deliens L, Heijltjes MT, Mori M, Heckel M, Robijn L, Krishna L, Rietjens J. Intercountry and intracountry variations in opinions of palliative care specialist physicians in Germany, Italy, Japan and UK about continuous use of sedatives: an international cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 2022 04 22; 12(4):e060489.

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