"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 |
| 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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Comparing success rates of anesthesia providers versus trauma surgeons in their use of palpation to identify the cricothyroid membrane in female subjects: a prospective observational study. Can J Anaesth. 2016 Jul; 63(7):807-17.
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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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ACR Appropriateness Criteria? on nonpalpable mammographic findings (excluding calcifications). J Am Coll Radiol. 2010 Dec; 7(12):920-30.
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Concomitant carcinoma in situ is a feature of aggressive disease in patients with organ confined urothelial carcinoma following radical nephroureterectomy. Urol Oncol. 2012 May-Jun; 30(3):252-8.
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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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Surgical approach and perioperative complications determine short-term outcomes in patients with insulinoma: results of a bi-institutional study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Dec; 15(12):3532-7.
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Predictive clinicopathologic factors for limited response of T3 rectal cancer to combined modality therapy. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2008 Mar; 23(3):243-9.
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A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Oct; 26(10):1341-8.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria on palpable breast masses. J Am Coll Radiol. 2007 May; 4(5):285-8.