"Obstetrics" 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.
A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.
| Descriptor ID |
D009774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.450
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Obstetrics".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Obstetrics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Obstetrics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obstetrics" by people in Profiles.
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Obstetrics and Gynecology Trainee Insights Regarding the Effect of the Dobbs Supreme Court Decision. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Jun; 34(6):823-834.
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The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in maternal medicine. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2025 Jun; 100:102599.
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Proficiency, Clarity, and Objectivity of Large Language Models Versus Specialists' Knowledge on COVID-19's Impacts in Pregnancy: Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Feb 05; 9:e56126.
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Obstetric Life Support Education for Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 11 04; 7(11):e2445295.
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Obstetrician-Gynecologist Hospitalists as Educators. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2024 Sep; 51(3):503-515.
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Utilizing Complexity Leadership Theory to Promote Faculty Mentorship and Resident Leadership. J Surg Educ. 2024 07; 81(7):938-946.
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Importance of abortion training to United States Obstetrics and Gynecology residency applicants in 2023. Contraception. 2024 Aug; 136:110479.
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Trainee Perspectives Regarding the Effect of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court Decision on Obstetrics and Gynecology Training. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul; 33(7):908-915.
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Regional differences in maternal-fetal medicine fellows' attitudes toward abortion-related training during fellowship. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 04; 6(4):101314.
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines among Obstetrician-Gynaecologists. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023 Dec 22; 30(4):669-676.