Yesterday was definitely brought to us by the mathematical
concept "sine". One of the apices was the announcement of new MeSH
for 2017. Of note:
Changes:
Three subheadings: radiography
(ra), radionuclide imaging (ri), and ultrasonography(us) will become diagnostic
imaging (dg).
Brain Injuries is finally being split:
- Brain Contusion
- Brain Injuries, Diffuse
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic
- Brain Concussion
Brain Concussion already existed, of course, but this seems
to be a list of all of the new narrower terms of Brain Injuries. TBI finally
has its own MeSH!
I'm not quite sure if I understood correctly. It seems that
Bisexuality, Homosexuality, and Homosexuality, Female, are being combined into
one MeSH: Sexual Minorities. Or will they be narrower terms? I hope for the
latter, for the specificity. However, if these three concepts are being
combined, at least we won't have to apologise on NLM's behalf for the non-PC
terms still in usage, when discussing with practitioners.
New Mesh:
Once again, I am only highlighting the MeSH which I am certain I would have used in the past year or so, if they had been available.
There are now more MeSH for Physician Specialists!
e.g. Cardiologists, Geriatricians, etc… (but not, as far as
I could tell, Emergency Physicians! Which would have been very useful
yesterday, sigh…)
In January, take a look at the explosion of "Physicians" to see what (or rather, whom) you can now search!
There seemed to be a trend for MeSH related to shoulder injuries:
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Injuries
- Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy
- Shoulder Injuries
- Shoulder Prosthesis
Other new MeSH of interest:
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
- Attentional Bias
- Blood Culture
- Body Remains
- Cancer Pain
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Case Managers
- Closed Fracture Reduction
- Conservative Treatment
- Crush Injuries
- Diet, Carbohydrate Loading
- Emergence Delirium
- Hyperekplexia
- Intersectoral Collaboration
- Margins of Excision
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- Mentoring
- Multiple Chronic Conditions
- Patient Comfort
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures
- Positron Emission Tomography Computer Tomography
- Sexual Minorities
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
- Sleep Hygiene
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Spontaneous Perforation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Surgical Wound
- Sutureless Surgical Procedures
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Transportation Facilities
- Work-Life Balance
Stuff that I probably wouldn't have used, but illustrate some current trends:
- Distracted Driving
- Healthy Diet
- Healthy Lifestyle
- Phage Therapy
- Pharmacogenomic Testing
