"Dilatation" 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 act of dilating.
| Descriptor ID |
D004106
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.284
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dilatation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dilatation".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dilatation" by people in Profiles.
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Mifepristone prior to osmotic dilators for dilation and evacuation cervical preparation: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Contraception. 2022 03; 107:23-28.
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'Chemically assisted dissection' in cholesteatoma surgery, Eustachian tube balloon dilatation post-irradiation, and coronavirus disease 2019 and the undergraduate curriculum. J Laryngol Otol. 2021 08; 135(8):659.
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COVID 19 disease independently predicted endothelial dysfunction measured by flow-mediated dilatation. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jan; 38(1):25-32.
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Ephemeral history of the three-bladed tracheostomy dilator. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2021 Oct; 138(5):403-404.
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Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation. Crit Care Med. 2021 07 01; 49(7):1058-1067.
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Reply to Chiang and Gupta and to Swenson et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 02 01; 203(3):390-391.
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Safety and Feasibility of a Novel Protocol for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Patients with Respiratory Failure due to COVID-19 Infection: A Single Center Experience. Pulm Med. 2021; 2021:8815925.
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Reversibility of venous dilatation and parenchymal changes density in Sars-Cov-2 pneumonia: toward the definition of a peculiar pattern. Pulmonology. 2021 Jul-Aug; 27(4):353-357.
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Mini-surgical Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy (msPDT): Our Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Br J Surg. 2020 Sep; 107(10):e363.
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Right ventricular dilation: The additive effect of mechanical ventilation on pulmonary embolism in Covid-19 patients. Thromb Res. 2020 12; 196:25-26.