 Unnecessary Procedures
"Unnecessary Procedures" 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.
Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.
| Descriptor ID |
D019564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.380.900 N05.300.150.395.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Unnecessary Procedures- Unnecessary Procedures
- Procedure, Unnecessary
- Procedures, Unnecessary
- Unnecessary Procedure
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Unnecessary Procedures" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Unnecessary Procedures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Unnecessary Procedures" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Li J, Gupta V, Smyth SS, Cowley A, Du G, Sirrine M, Stearley S, Chadha R, Bhalla V, Williams MV. Value-based syncope evaluation and management: Perspectives of health care professionals on readiness, barriers and enablers. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 09; 38(9):1867-1874.
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Shander A, Corwin HL. A Narrative Review on Hospital-Acquired Anemia: Keeping Blood where It Belongs. Transfus Med Rev. 2020 07; 34(3):195-199.
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Rynecki ND, Coban D, Gantz O, Gupta R, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ruskin J, Lin SS, Beebe KS. Medical Malpractice in Orthopedic Surgery: A Westlaw-Based Demographic Analysis. Orthopedics. 2018 Sep 01; 41(5):e615-e620.
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Hansen SK, Pottorf BJ, Hollis HW, Rogers JL, Husain FA. Is it necessary to perform full pathologic review of all gastric remnants following sleeve gastrectomy? Am J Surg. 2017 Dec; 214(6):1151-1155.
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Borade A, Kempegowda H, Maniar HH, De Giacomo A, Tornetta P, Bramlett K, Marcantonio AJ, Marchand LS, Kubiak EN, Ip WH, Kellam JF, Bender JS, Meinberg EG, Kee J, Renard R, Suk M, Horwitz DS. External validation of the clinical indications of computed tomography (CT) of the head in patients with low-energy geriatric hip fractures. Injury. 2017 Jul; 48(7):1594-1596.
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Streck CJ, Vogel AM, Zhang J, Huang EY, Santore MT, Tsao K, Falcone RA, Dassinger MS, Russell RT, Blakely ML. Identifying Children at Very Low Risk for Blunt Intra-Abdominal Injury in Whom CT of the Abdomen Can Be Avoided Safely. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Apr; 224(4):449-458.e3.
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Lang SM, Bolin E, Daily JA, Tang X, Thomas Collins R. Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of inpatient pediatric echocardiograms. Congenit Heart Dis. 2017 Mar; 12(2):210-217.
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Sachdeva R, Douglas PS, Kelleman MS, McCracken CE, Lopez L, Stern KW, Eidem BW, Benavidez OJ, Weiner RB, Welch E, Campbell RM, Lai WW. Effect of Release of the First Pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria on Transthoracic Echocardiogram Ordering Practice. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 15; 118(10):1545-1551.
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Rose-Felker K, Kelleman MS, Campbell RM, Oster ME, Sachdeva R. Appropriate Use and Clinical Impact of Echocardiographic "Evaluation of Murmur" in Pediatric Patients. Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Dec; 11(6):721-726.
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Weinsaft JW, Kim J, Medicherla CB, Ma CL, Codella NC, Kukar N, Alaref S, Kim RJ, Devereux RB. Echocardiographic Algorithm for Post-Myocardial Infarction LV Thrombus: A Gatekeeper for Thrombus Evaluation by Delayed?Enhancement CMR. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 05; 9(5):505-15.
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Rodriguez A, Kuhn EN, Somasundaram A, Couture DE. Management of idiopathic pediatric syringohydromyelia. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Oct; 16(4):452-7.
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