"Fatal Outcome" 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.
Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept.
| Descriptor ID |
D017809
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.325 N01.224.935.698.201 N06.850.505.400.975.550.325 N06.850.520.308.985.550.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Fatal Outcome- Fatal Outcome
- Fatal Outcomes
- Outcome, Fatal
- Outcomes, Fatal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatal Outcome" by people in Profiles.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 19-2008. A 63-year-old HIV-positive man with cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 19; 358(25):2717-23.
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Pulmonary toxicity associated with erlotinib. Chest. 2007 Sep; 132(3):1042-4.
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Malaria surveillance - United States, 2005. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2007 Jun 08; 56(6):23-40.
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What went wrong in the natalizumab trials? Lancet. 2006 Mar 04; 367(9512):708-10.