Patient Isolation
"Patient Isolation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The segregation of patients with communicable or other diseases for a specified time. Isolation may be strict, in which movement and social contacts are limited; modified, where an effort to control specified aspects of care is made in order to prevent cross infection; or reverse, where the patient is secluded in a controlled or germ-free environment in order to protect him or her from cross infection.
| Descriptor ID |
D010356
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.770 N06.850.780.200.450.650
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Isolation" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Patient Isolation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Isolation" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 11; 76(11):1454-1464.
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Li L, Mathis WS. Nationally Advancing Quality Improvement in Restraint and Seclusion Measures. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 12 01; 71(12):1322-1323.
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Garner K, Wheeler JG, Yamauchi T. Airborne pathogen isolation capability in emergency departments of US children's hospitals. Am J Infect Control. 2016 12 01; 44(12):1747-1749.