"Lung Diseases" 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.
	
	
		
			
			
				Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D008171
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 C08.381 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Lung Diseases- Lung Diseases
 - Disease, Lung
 - Diseases, Lung
 - Lung Disease
 - Pulmonary Disease
 - Disease, Pulmonary
 - Diseases, Pulmonary
 - Pulmonary Diseases
 
  
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				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Lung Diseases".
				
			 
			
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lung Diseases".
				
					
						- Lung Diseases
 - Acute Chest Syndrome
 - alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
 - Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital
 - Cystic Fibrosis
 - Hemoptysis
 - Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
 - Hypertension, Pulmonary
 - Lung Abscess
 - Lung Diseases, Fungal
 - Lung Diseases, Interstitial
 - Lung Diseases, Obstructive
 - Lung Diseases, Parasitic
 - Lung Injury
 - Lung Neoplasms
 - Lung, Hyperlucent
 - Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary
 - Pneumonia
 - Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
 - Pulmonary Atelectasis
 - Pulmonary Edema
 - Pulmonary Embolism
 - Pulmonary Eosinophilia
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis
 - Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease
 - Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
 - Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
 - Scimitar Syndrome
 - Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
 - Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
 
					
				 
			 
		 
	 
 
                                        
                                            
	
	
		
			
			
					
				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lung Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lung Diseases" 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 | 4 | 6 | 
| 1996 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 
| 1997 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 
| 2005 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 2012 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 
| 2016 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 
| 2017 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 
| 2018 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 
| 2020 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Lung Diseases" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Association of a Veterans Affairs Toxic Exposure Medical Evaluation with Symptom-related Care. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Aug; 22(8):1176-1182.
															
								 
							
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High Prevalence of Abnormal Baseline Lung Function in Pediatric and Young Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Report from the TRANSPIRE Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Oct; 72(10):e31916.
															
								 
							
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Postoperative Lung Transplant Considerations in the Older Recipient. Chest. 2025 Aug; 168(2):435-448.
															
								 
							
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Why some and not others? Understanding vascular phenotypes in genetic developmental lung diseases. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Jun 01; 37(3):278-288.
															
								 
							
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Association of Insulin Resistance With Radiographic Lung Abnormalities and Incident Lung Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study. Diabetes Care. 2025 Jan 01; 48(1):143-148.
															
								 
							
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The Glu86 Residue in TBX4 Proves Critical for Human Lung Development. Am J Med Genet A. 2025 Mar; 197(3):e63936.
															
								 
							
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An interdisciplinary consensus approach to pulmonary hypertension in developmental lung disease. Eur Respir J. 2024 Sep; 64(3).
															
								 
							
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Understanding attendance patterns and determinants in cardiac, pulmonary, and ICU rehabilitation/recovery programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Lung. 2025 Jan-Feb; 69:51-61.
															
								 
							
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Postinfectious Pulmonary Complications: Establishing Research Priorities to Advance the Field: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Sep; 21(9):1219-1237.
															
								 
							
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Evaluation and Management of Perioperative Pulmonary Complications. Med Clin North Am. 2024 Nov; 108(6):1087-1100.