"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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 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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Early Opioid Consumption Patterns After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery. Clin Spine Surg. 2022 02 01; 35(1):E121-E126.
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The substance use intervention team: A hospital-based intervention and outpatient clinic to improve care for patients with substance use disorders. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 02 08; 78(4):345-353.
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I want to go home: should we abandon open surgery for treatment of rectal prolapse? Consideration of discharge destination following surgery for rectal prolapse. Colorectal Dis. 2021 Apr; 23(4):955-966.
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Subtypes in patients with opioid misuse: A prognostic enrichment strategy using electronic health record data in hospitalized patients. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219717.
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NICU human milk dose and health care use after NICU discharge in very low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2019 01; 39(1):120-128.