 Life Support Systems
"Life Support Systems" 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.
Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
| Descriptor ID |
D008021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.150.391
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Systems- Life Support Systems
- Life Support System
- Support System, Life
- Support Systems, Life
- System, Life Support
- Systems, Life Support
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Life Support Systems" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Life Support Systems" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Systems" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Gutsche JT, Mikkelsen ME, McCarthy FH, Miano TA, Vernick WJ, Ramakrishna H, Patel PA, Augoustides Y, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Lane-Fall MB, Williams ML. Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Life Support in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients With ARDS. Anesth Analg. 2017 03; 124(3):846-848.
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