"Diagnosis" 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.
The determination of the nature of a disease or condition, or the distinguishing of one disease or condition from another. Assessment may be made through physical examination, laboratory tests, or the likes. Computerized programs may be used to enhance the decision-making process.
| Descriptor ID |
D003933
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01
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| Concept/Terms |
Postmortem Diagnosis- Postmortem Diagnosis
- Diagnoses, Postmortem
- Diagnosis, Postmortem
- Postmortem Diagnoses
Antemortem Diagnosis- Antemortem Diagnosis
- Antemortem Diagnoses
- Diagnoses, Antemortem
- Diagnosis, Antemortem
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis".
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
- Diagnosis [E01]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis" by people in Profiles.
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Patient-Clinician Diagnostic Concordance upon Hospital Admission. Appl Clin Inform. 2024 Aug; 15(4):733-742.
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Developing Health Care Organizations That Pursue Learning and Exploration of Diagnostic Excellence: An Action Plan. Acad Med. 2020 08; 95(8):1172-1178.
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Electronic health records, communication, and data sharing: challenges and opportunities for improving the diagnostic process. Diagnosis (Berl). 2019 08 27; 6(3):241-248.
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The Path to Diagnostic Excellence Includes Feedback to Calibrate How Clinicians Think. JAMA. 2019 Feb 26; 321(8):737-738.
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In vivo hippocampal subfield shape related to TDP-43, amyloid beta, and tau pathologies. Neurobiol Aging. 2019 02; 74:171-181.
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Comparison of two correlated ROC surfaces at a given pair of true classification rates. Stat Med. 2018 11 30; 37(27):4022-4035.
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Focused Ethnography of Diagnosis in Academic Medical Centers. J Hosp Med. 2018 10 01; 13(10):668-672.
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Neuropathologic features of TOMM40 '523 variant on late-life cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Dec; 13(12):1380-1388.
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Improving Diagnostic Safety in Primary Care by Unlocking Digital Data. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017 01; 43(1):29-31.
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Reporting studies on time to diagnosis: proposal of a guideline by an international panel (REST). BMC Med. 2016 Sep 27; 14(1):146.