"Palpation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palpation" by people in Profiles.
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Real-Time Ultrasound Improves Accuracy of Caudal Block in Children. Anesth Analg. 2020 04; 130(4):1002-1007.
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Screening and diagnosis of breast cancer in low-resource countries: what is state of the art? Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2011 Aug; 32(4):300-5.
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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.
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Nonpalpable testes: is there a relationship between ultrasonographic and operative findings? Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Apr; 37(4):374-9.
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An absent pulse is not sensitive for the early detection of peripheral arterial disease. Fam Med. 2006 Jan; 38(1):38-42.
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EUS diagnosis of vascular invasion in pancreatic cancer: surgical and histologic correlates. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jun; 100(6):1381-5.
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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.
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Transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal 14-core systematic biopsy detects apico-anterior cancer foci of T1c prostate cancer. Int J Urol. 2004 Aug; 11(8):613-8.
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A randomized trial of suprasternal palpation to determine endotracheal tube position in neonates. Resuscitation. 2004 Mar; 60(3):297-302.
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Detecting fever in young infants: reliability of perceived, pacifier, and temporal artery temperatures in infants younger than 3 months of age. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2003 Aug; 19(4):240-3.