"Comorbidity" 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 presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
| Descriptor ID |
D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Comorbidity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Comorbidity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comorbidity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1996 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1997 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1998 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1999 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2000 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2001 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2002 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2004 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2005 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2006 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2007 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2008 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2009 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2010 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2011 | 1 | 57 | 58 |
| 2012 | 1 | 43 | 44 |
| 2013 | 1 | 55 | 56 |
| 2014 | 4 | 65 | 69 |
| 2015 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2016 | 5 | 67 | 72 |
| 2017 | 1 | 64 | 65 |
| 2018 | 2 | 70 | 72 |
| 2019 | 3 | 67 | 70 |
| 2020 | 3 | 51 | 54 |
| 2021 | 1 | 39 | 40 |
| 2022 | 2 | 27 | 29 |
| 2023 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2024 | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Osteoarthritis Across Joint Sites in the Million Veteran Program Cohort: Insights From Electronic Health Records and Military Service History. J Rheumatol. 2025 Jan 01; 52(1):66-76.
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Atrial Fibrillation in Young Patients: Insights From the National Inpatient Sample. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2024 Dec; 47(12):1688-1697.
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A Costly Cure: Understanding and Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cardiovascular Disease Health Care Within the Domain of Social Determinants of Health. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2024; 20(5):15-26.
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease, laryngopharyngeal reflux, and vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction-overlapping conditions that affect asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 Dec; 154(6):1369-1377.
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Epidemiology of Patient Record Duplication. Appl Clin Inform. 2025 Jan; 16(1):24-30.
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Co-morbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea (COMISA) in a large sample of Iranian: prevalence and associations in a sleep clinic population. Sleep Breath. 2024 Dec; 28(6):2693-2700.
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Dexmedetomidine HCL (BXCL501) as a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder and comorbid PTSD: A phase 1b, placebo-controlled crossover laboratory study. Am J Addict. 2025 Jan; 34(1):7-14.
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Finding a Signal in the Noise: Exploring Comorbidity Clusters to Personalize Acute Heart?Failure Care. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Oct; 12(10):1775-1777.
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Medial prefrontal cortex neurotransmitter abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder with and without comorbidity to major depression. NMR Biomed. 2024 Nov; 37(11):e5220.
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Functional Neurological Disorders Among Patients With Tremor. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2025; 37(1):61-66.