"Life Support Care" 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.
Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
| Descriptor ID |
D008020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.440 N02.421.585.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Care- Life Support Care
- Care, Life Support
- Prolongation of Life
- Life Prolongation
Extraordinary Treatment- Extraordinary Treatment
- Extraordinary Treatments
- Treatment, Extraordinary
- Treatments, Extraordinary
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Life Support Care".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Life Support Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Life Support Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Care" by people in Profiles.
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In adults with COVID-19 and severe hypoxemia, lower vs. higher oxygenation targets increased days alive without life support. Ann Intern Med. 2024 07; 177(7):JC77.
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Usability study of using interactive 360° video-based virtual reality for teaching adult basic life support. Resuscitation. 2023 10; 191:109960.
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Sharing Decisions When Withdrawing a Technology Is Not the Same as Withholding It. Am J Bioeth. 2022 11; 22(11):69-72.
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Reasons for Discordance Between Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences and Medical Orders in Nursing Facilities Without POLST. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Aug; 40(8):837-843.
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More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):1950-1953.
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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Critical Covid-19 in Adolescents. N Engl J Med. 2022 02 24; 386(8):713-723.
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Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment: The Clinical Nurse Specialist Can Help With That. Clin Nurse Spec. 2021 Jul-Aug 01; 35(4):161-163.
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Resumption of Cardiac Activity after Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures. N Engl J Med. 2021 01 28; 384(4):345-352.
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Conflicting Orders in Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Forms. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 12; 68(12):2903-2908.
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The impact of delirium on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment after intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurology. 2020 11 17; 95(20):e2727-e2735.