"Palpation" 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.
Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D010173
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.600
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Palpation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Palpation".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palpation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palpation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Palpation" by people in Profiles.
-
Special report: Consensus conference III. Image-detected breast cancer: state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Oct; 209(4):504-20.
-
An absent pulse is not sensitive for the early detection of peripheral arterial disease. Fam Med. 2006 Jan; 38(1):38-42.
-
EUS diagnosis of vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer: surgical and histologic correlates. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jun; 100(6):1381-5.
-
Improving outcomes in coronary surgery: the impact of echo-directed aortic cannulation and perioperative hemodynamic management in 500 patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Nov; 78(5):1579-85.
-
A randomized trial of suprasternal palpation to determine endotracheal tube position in neonates. Resuscitation. 2004 Mar; 60(3):297-302.
-
Preliminary results of a randomized radiotherapy dose-escalation study comparing 70 Gy with 78 Gy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Dec 01; 18(23):3904-11.
-
Patients with breast cancer: differences in color Doppler flow and gray-scale US features of benign and malignant axillary lymph nodes. Radiology. 2000 May; 215(2):568-73.
-
Assessment of factors affecting palpability of breast masses using ultrasonography in Chinese women. J Ultrasound Med. 1996 Dec; 15(12):807-12.
-
Role of high frequency ultrasonography in the evaluation of palpable breast masses in Chinese women: alternative to mammography? J Ultrasound Med. 1996 Sep; 15(9):637-44.
-
Importance of dynamic assessment of the soft tissues in the sonographic diagnosis of echogenic superficial abscesses. J Ultrasound Med. 1995 Sep; 14(9):669-71.