"Catastrophic Illness" 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.
An acute or prolonged illness usually considered to be life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability. Treatment may be radical and is frequently costly.
| Descriptor ID |
D002388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Catastrophic Illness- Catastrophic Illness
- Catastrophic Illnesses
- Illness, Catastrophic
- Illnesses, Catastrophic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Catastrophic Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Measurement and determinants of financial protection in health in Afghanistan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jul 04; 21(1):650.
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Kidney health in the context of economic development. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2021 01; 17(1):5-6.
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Severe parapharyngeal abscess that developed significant complications: management during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Dec 22; 13(12).
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Associations among state-level physical distancing measures and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among U.S. adults during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2020 12; 50(6):1223-1229.
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Study of the mental health status of medical personnel dealing with new coronavirus pneumonia. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0233145.
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Ethical aspects of the COVID-19 crisis: How to deal with an overwhelming shortage of acute beds. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2020 Apr; 9(3):248-252.
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CAPS criteria fail to identify most severely-ill thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome patients requiring intensive care unit admission. J Autoimmun. 2019 09; 103:102292.
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Eculizumab for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome-a case report and literature review. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 11 01; 57(11):2055-2057.
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Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: a consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion. Emerg Med J. 2018 Nov; 35(11):685-690.
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Prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health care expenditures in Iran from 2008 to 2015: a study on Iranian household income and expenditure survey. Int J Equity Health. 2018 04 13; 17(1):44.