"Withholding Treatment" 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.
Withholding or withdrawal of a particular treatment or treatments, often (but not necessarily) life-prolonging treatment, from a patient or from a research subject as part of a research protocol. The concept is differentiated from REFUSAL TO TREAT, where the emphasis is on the health professional's or health facility's refusal to treat a patient or group of patients when the patient or the patient's representative requests treatment. Withholding of life-prolonging treatment is usually indexed only with EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE, unless the distinction between withholding and withdrawing treatment, or the issue of withholding palliative rather than curative treatment, is discussed.
| Descriptor ID |
D028761
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.952 N02.421.585.952
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| Concept/Terms |
Withholding Treatment- Withholding Treatment
- Treatment, Withholding
- Treatments, Withholding
- Withholding Treatments
- Cessation of Treatment
- Treatment Cessation
- Treatment Cessations
Withdrawing Treatment- Withdrawing Treatment
- Treatment, Withdrawing
- Treatments, Withdrawing
- Withdrawing Treatments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Withholding Treatment" by people in Profiles.
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Prospectively collected surgeon indications for discontinuation of a lengthening program for early-onset scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2020 02; 8(1):129-133.
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Spontaneous vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation: A case collection and review of the literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2019 10; 49(2):197-203.
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Serum S100A8/A9 and S100A12 Levels in Children With Polyarticular Forms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Relationship to Maintenance of Clinically Inactive Disease During Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy and Occurrence of Disease Flare After Discontinuation of Therapy. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 03; 71(3):451-459.
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Risk, Timing, and Predictors of Disease Flare After Discontinuation of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy in?Children With Polyarticular Forms of Juvenile Idiopathic?Arthritis With Clinically Inactive Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 09; 70(9):1508-1518.
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High Levels of DEK Autoantibodies in Sera of Patients With Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and With Early Disease Flares Following Cessation of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 04; 70(4):594-605.
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Hemodynamic Instability Secondary to Vasopressin Withdrawal in Septic Shock. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Sep; 34(9):761-765.
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A Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Early Steroid Withdrawal in Black Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 01 06; 12(1):131-139.
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Association of Acute Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease With Esophageal Histologic Changes. JAMA. 2016 May 17; 315(19):2104-12.
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Presumed Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome After Withdrawal of Inhaled Glucocorticoids. Pediatrics. 2016 06; 137(6).
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Does Declaration of Brain Death Serve the Best Interest of Organ Donors Rather Than Merely Facilitating Organ Transplantation? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun; 101(6):2053-8.