"Uncertainty" 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 condition in which reasonable knowledge regarding risks, benefits, or the future is not available.
| Descriptor ID |
D035501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.600.900 F02.463.785.373.820 G17.680.875 N05.715.360.750.625.850 N06.850.520.830.600.900
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in Profiles.
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Foraging animals use dynamic Bayesian updating to model meta-uncertainty in environment representations. PLoS Comput Biol. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e1012989.
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How dermatologic surgeons decide to proceed with surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer when site identification is initially uncertain: A nationwide, multicenter, prospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Jan; 92(1):85-91.
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How is diagnostic uncertainty communicated and managed in real world primary care settings? BMC Prim Care. 2024 Aug 12; 25(1):296.
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Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia : A National Cohort Study of 115 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1179-1189.
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Computational framework for the generation of one-dimensional vascular models accounting for uncertainty in networks extracted from medical images. J Physiol. 2024 Aug; 602(16):3929-3954.
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Remaining diagnostic and treatment uncertainties for urinary tract infections in children with genitourinary anomalies. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jul; 19(7):654-655.
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Reply: Ethical and Moral Complexities of Left Ventricular Assist Device Deactivation: Embracing the Uncertainty. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Mar; 12(3):600.
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Impact of individual level uncertainty of lung cancer polygenic risk score (PRS) on risk stratification. Genome Med. 2024 02 05; 16(1):22.
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Federated inference and belief sharing. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Jan; 156:105500.
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Uncertainty in magnetic resonance imaging-based prostate postimplant dosimetry: Results of a 10-person human observer study, and comparisons with automatic postimplant dosimetry. Brachytherapy. 2023 Nov-Dec; 22(6):822-832.