"Patient Discharge" 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 administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D010351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.125 E02.760.400.610 N02.421.585.169.125 N02.421.585.400.610 N04.590.233.727.210.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Discharge- Patient Discharge
- Discharge, Patient
- Discharges, Patient
- Patient Discharges
Discharge Planning- Discharge Planning
- Discharge Plannings
- Planning, Discharge
- Plannings, Discharge
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in Profiles.
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Racial Disparities in Mother's Own Milk Feedings Persist after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Mar; 20(3):187-193.
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Comparison of Daily Versus Admission and Discharge Surveillance Cultures for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Detection in an Intensive Care Unit. J Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 16; 230(4):807-815.
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: The Importance of the Basics. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2023 Aug; 41(3):509-528.
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Can Risk Stratification Tools Be Utilized to Safely Discharge Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients from the Emergency Department? J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan; 64(1):111-118.
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Can I Send This Patient With Atrial Fibrillation Home From the Emergency Department? J Emerg Med. 2022 Oct; 63(4):600-612.
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Discharge without alarm(s)! J Perinatol. 2018 01; 38(1):1-2.
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Impact of a Post-Discharge Integrated Disease Management Program on COPD Hospital Readmissions. Respir Care. 2017 Nov; 62(11):1396-1402.
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Role of timing and dose of energy received in patients with acute lung injury on mortality in the Intensive Nutrition in Acute Lung Injury Trial (INTACT): a post hoc analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 02; 105(2):411-416.
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Relationship of occupational therapy inpatient rehabilitation interventions and patient characteristics to outcomes following spinal cord injury: the SCIRehab project. J Spinal Cord Med. 2012 Nov; 35(6):527-46.
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Systemic lidocaine to improve postoperative quality of recovery after ambulatory laparoscopic surgery. Anesth Analg. 2012 Aug; 115(2):262-7.