"Infant Mortality" 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.
Postnatal deaths from BIRTH to 365 days after birth in a given population. Postneonatal mortality represents deaths between 28 days and 365 days after birth (as defined by National Center for Health Statistics). Neonatal mortality represents deaths from birth to 27 days after birth.
| Descriptor ID |
D007226
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.475 N01.224.935.698.489 N06.850.505.400.975.550.475 N06.850.520.308.985.550.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Infant Mortality- Infant Mortality
- Infant Mortalities
- Mortalities, Infant
- Mortality, Infant
Neonatal Mortality- Neonatal Mortality
- Mortalities, Neonatal
- Mortality, Neonatal
- Neonatal Mortalities
Postneonatal Mortality- Postneonatal Mortality
- Mortalities, Postneonatal
- Mortality, Postneonatal
- Postneonatal Mortalities
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infant Mortality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infant Mortality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant Mortality" by people in Profiles.
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Changes Overtime in Perinatal Management and Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants in One Tertiary Care Romanian Center. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Jul 29; 58(8).
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Association between pregestational diabetes and mortality among appropriate-for-gestational age birthweight infants. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):5291-5300.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences Over Time in Outcomes of Infants Born Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation. Pediatrics. 2019 09; 144(3).
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Birth weight discordance in very low birth weight twins: mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopment. J Perinatol. 2019 09; 39(9):1229-1240.
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Updating a Perinatal Risk Scoring System to Predict Infant Mortality. Am J Perinatol. 2019 10; 36(12):1278-1287.
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Sex Differences in Mortality and Morbidity of Infants Born at Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation. Pediatrics. 2018 12; 142(6).
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Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes among Febrile Young Infants with Invasive Bacterial Infections. J Pediatr. 2019 01; 204:177-182.e1.
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Implementing a practice change: early initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy during neonatal extracorporeal life support standardizes care and improves short-term outcomes. J Artif Organs. 2018 Mar; 21(1):76-85.
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Acute kidney injury in necrotizing enterocolitis predicts mortality. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 03; 33(3):503-510.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hospitalized infants. Early Hum Dev. 2016 10; 101:17-22.