"Nursing Homes" 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.
Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.
| Descriptor ID |
D009735
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.825.610
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| Concept/Terms |
Nursing Homes- Nursing Homes
- Homes, Nursing
- Home, Nursing
- Nursing Home
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nursing Homes" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 in Community-Based LTCFs: Successful Strategies for Abatement at One VA Healthcare System. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 03; 69(3):606-607.
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Profiling dialysis facilities for adverse recurrent events. Stat Med. 2020 04 30; 39(9):1374-1389.
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Bayesian evidence and epidemiological implications of environmental contamination from acute respiratory infection in long-term care facilities. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 05; 146(7):832-838.
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Infectious Diseases in Older Adults of Long-Term Care Facilities: Update on Approach to Diagnosis and Management. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 04; 66(4):789-803.
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Multidrug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Colonization in 3 Nursing Homes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 12; 37(12):1485-1488.
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Conundrum of contagions causing cold in the old: not everybody's got the fever. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jan; 62(1):186-8.
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Changes in body weight and subsequent mortality: are we any closer to knowing how to deal with obesity in ESRD? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Oct; 8(10):1640-2.
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Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar; 57(3):375-94.
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Fecal incontinence in older patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2005 Jan-Feb; 6(1):54-60.
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Acute diarrhea in frail elderly nursing home patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2003 Jan-Feb; 4(1):34-9.