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Primary Cause of Death

MedGen UID:
473784
Concept ID:
C3262229
Finding

Definition

The first significant event which ultimately led to death. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPrimary Cause of Death

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tejiram S, Shupp JW
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2021 Feb;22(1):12-19. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.202. PMID: 32716696
Vinaik R, Barayan D, Shahrokhi S, Jeschke MG
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2019 Aug;17(8):607-619. Epub 2019 Aug 4 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1648208. PMID: 31353976Free PMC Article
Konstam MA, Kiernan MS, Bernstein D, Bozkurt B, Jacob M, Kapur NK, Kociol RD, Lewis EF, Mehra MR, Pagani FD, Raval AN, Ward C; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
Circulation 2018 May 15;137(20):e578-e622. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000560. PMID: 29650544

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Zhang Z, Zhao L, Zhou X, Meng X, Zhou X
Front Immunol 2022;13:1098725. Epub 2023 Jan 10 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1098725. PMID: 36703963Free PMC Article
Pederson HJ, Al-Hilli Z, Kurian AW
Cleve Clin J Med 2022 Nov 1;89(11):643-652. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21113. PMID: 36319046
MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declcerq E, Howell EA
Am J Public Health 2021 Sep;111(9):1673-1681. Epub 2021 Aug 12 doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375. PMID: 34383557Free PMC Article
Tok Yildiz F, Kaşikçi M
J Nurs Res 2020 Dec;28(6):e125. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0000000000000406. PMID: 33017328Free PMC Article
Viigimaa M, Sachinidis A, Toumpourleka M, Koutsampasopoulos K, Alliksoo S, Titma T
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2020;18(2):110-116. doi: 10.2174/1570161117666190405165151. PMID: 30961498

Diagnosis

de Baat EC, Mulder RL, Armenian S, Feijen EA, Grotenhuis H, Hudson MM, Mavinkurve-Groothuis AM, Kremer LC, van Dalen EC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Sep 27;9(9):CD014638. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014638.pub2. PMID: 36162822Free PMC Article
Karampela I, Fragkou PC
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Jun 24;58(7) doi: 10.3390/medicina58070844. PMID: 35888563Free PMC Article
Pagano L, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Verga L, Víšek B, Ilhan O, Nadali G, Weinbergerová B, Córdoba-Mascuñano R, Marchetti M, Collins GP, Farina F, Cattaneo C, Cabirta A, Gomes-Silva M, Itri F, van Doesum J, Ledoux MP, Čerňan M, Jakšić O, Duarte RF, Magliano G, Omrani AS, Fracchiolla NS, Kulasekararaj A, Valković T, Poulsen CB, Machado M, Glenthøj A, Stoma I, Ráčil Z, Piukovics K, Navrátil M, Emarah Z, Sili U, Maertens J, Blennow O, Bergantim R, García-Vidal C, Prezioso L, Guidetti A, Del Principe MI, Popova M, de Jonge N, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Cuccaro A, Meers S, Buquicchio C, Antić D, Al-Khabori M, García-Sanz R, Biernat MM, Tisi MC, Sal E, Rahimli L, Čolović N, Schönlein M, Calbacho M, Tascini C, Miranda-Castillo C, Khanna N, Méndez GA, Petzer V, Novák J, Besson C, Duléry R, Lamure S, Nucci M, Zambrotta G, Žák P, Seval GC, Bonuomo V, Mayer J, López-García A, Sacchi MV, Booth S, Ciceri F, Oberti M, Salvini M, Izuzquiza M, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Ammatuna E, Obr A, Herbrecht R, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Mancini V, Shwaylia H, Sciumè M, Essame J, Nygaard M, Batinić J, Gonzaga Y, Regalado-Artamendi I, Karlsson LK, Shapetska M, Hanakova M, El-Ashwah S, Borbényi Z, Çolak GM, Nordlander A, Dragonetti G, Maraglino AME, Rinaldi A, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cornely OA; EPICOVIDEHA working group
J Hematol Oncol 2021 Oct 14;14(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s13045-021-01177-0. PMID: 34649563Free PMC Article
Viigimaa M, Sachinidis A, Toumpourleka M, Koutsampasopoulos K, Alliksoo S, Titma T
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2020;18(2):110-116. doi: 10.2174/1570161117666190405165151. PMID: 30961498
Konstam MA, Kiernan MS, Bernstein D, Bozkurt B, Jacob M, Kapur NK, Kociol RD, Lewis EF, Mehra MR, Pagani FD, Raval AN, Ward C; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
Circulation 2018 May 15;137(20):e578-e622. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000560. PMID: 29650544

Therapy

de Baat EC, Mulder RL, Armenian S, Feijen EA, Grotenhuis H, Hudson MM, Mavinkurve-Groothuis AM, Kremer LC, van Dalen EC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Sep 27;9(9):CD014638. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014638.pub2. PMID: 36162822Free PMC Article
Pagano L, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Verga L, Víšek B, Ilhan O, Nadali G, Weinbergerová B, Córdoba-Mascuñano R, Marchetti M, Collins GP, Farina F, Cattaneo C, Cabirta A, Gomes-Silva M, Itri F, van Doesum J, Ledoux MP, Čerňan M, Jakšić O, Duarte RF, Magliano G, Omrani AS, Fracchiolla NS, Kulasekararaj A, Valković T, Poulsen CB, Machado M, Glenthøj A, Stoma I, Ráčil Z, Piukovics K, Navrátil M, Emarah Z, Sili U, Maertens J, Blennow O, Bergantim R, García-Vidal C, Prezioso L, Guidetti A, Del Principe MI, Popova M, de Jonge N, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Cuccaro A, Meers S, Buquicchio C, Antić D, Al-Khabori M, García-Sanz R, Biernat MM, Tisi MC, Sal E, Rahimli L, Čolović N, Schönlein M, Calbacho M, Tascini C, Miranda-Castillo C, Khanna N, Méndez GA, Petzer V, Novák J, Besson C, Duléry R, Lamure S, Nucci M, Zambrotta G, Žák P, Seval GC, Bonuomo V, Mayer J, López-García A, Sacchi MV, Booth S, Ciceri F, Oberti M, Salvini M, Izuzquiza M, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Ammatuna E, Obr A, Herbrecht R, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Mancini V, Shwaylia H, Sciumè M, Essame J, Nygaard M, Batinić J, Gonzaga Y, Regalado-Artamendi I, Karlsson LK, Shapetska M, Hanakova M, El-Ashwah S, Borbényi Z, Çolak GM, Nordlander A, Dragonetti G, Maraglino AME, Rinaldi A, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cornely OA; EPICOVIDEHA working group
J Hematol Oncol 2021 Oct 14;14(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s13045-021-01177-0. PMID: 34649563Free PMC Article
Tok Yildiz F, Kaşikçi M
J Nurs Res 2020 Dec;28(6):e125. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0000000000000406. PMID: 33017328Free PMC Article
Agrawal M, Saraf S, Saraf S, Antimisiaris SG, Chougule MB, Shoyele SA, Alexander A
J Control Release 2018 Jul 10;281:139-177. Epub 2018 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.05.011. PMID: 29772289
Konstam MA, Kiernan MS, Bernstein D, Bozkurt B, Jacob M, Kapur NK, Kociol RD, Lewis EF, Mehra MR, Pagani FD, Raval AN, Ward C; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
Circulation 2018 May 15;137(20):e578-e622. Epub 2018 Apr 12 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000560. PMID: 29650544

Prognosis

MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declcerq E, Howell EA
Am J Public Health 2021 Sep;111(9):1673-1681. Epub 2021 Aug 12 doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375. PMID: 34383557Free PMC Article
Tejiram S, Shupp JW
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2021 Feb;22(1):12-19. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.202. PMID: 32716696
Harden OC, Hammad SM
Front Immunol 2020;11:586737. Epub 2020 Sep 25 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.586737. PMID: 33101319Free PMC Article
Viigimaa M, Sachinidis A, Toumpourleka M, Koutsampasopoulos K, Alliksoo S, Titma T
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2020;18(2):110-116. doi: 10.2174/1570161117666190405165151. PMID: 30961498
Stanojcic M, Vinaik R, Jeschke MG
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2018 Feb/Mar;19(2):168-175. Epub 2018 Jan 12 doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.288. PMID: 29327977

Clinical prediction guides

Pagano L, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Verga L, Víšek B, Ilhan O, Nadali G, Weinbergerová B, Córdoba-Mascuñano R, Marchetti M, Collins GP, Farina F, Cattaneo C, Cabirta A, Gomes-Silva M, Itri F, van Doesum J, Ledoux MP, Čerňan M, Jakšić O, Duarte RF, Magliano G, Omrani AS, Fracchiolla NS, Kulasekararaj A, Valković T, Poulsen CB, Machado M, Glenthøj A, Stoma I, Ráčil Z, Piukovics K, Navrátil M, Emarah Z, Sili U, Maertens J, Blennow O, Bergantim R, García-Vidal C, Prezioso L, Guidetti A, Del Principe MI, Popova M, de Jonge N, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Cuccaro A, Meers S, Buquicchio C, Antić D, Al-Khabori M, García-Sanz R, Biernat MM, Tisi MC, Sal E, Rahimli L, Čolović N, Schönlein M, Calbacho M, Tascini C, Miranda-Castillo C, Khanna N, Méndez GA, Petzer V, Novák J, Besson C, Duléry R, Lamure S, Nucci M, Zambrotta G, Žák P, Seval GC, Bonuomo V, Mayer J, López-García A, Sacchi MV, Booth S, Ciceri F, Oberti M, Salvini M, Izuzquiza M, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Ammatuna E, Obr A, Herbrecht R, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Mancini V, Shwaylia H, Sciumè M, Essame J, Nygaard M, Batinić J, Gonzaga Y, Regalado-Artamendi I, Karlsson LK, Shapetska M, Hanakova M, El-Ashwah S, Borbényi Z, Çolak GM, Nordlander A, Dragonetti G, Maraglino AME, Rinaldi A, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cornely OA; EPICOVIDEHA working group
J Hematol Oncol 2021 Oct 14;14(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s13045-021-01177-0. PMID: 34649563Free PMC Article
Tok Yildiz F, Kaşikçi M
J Nurs Res 2020 Dec;28(6):e125. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0000000000000406. PMID: 33017328Free PMC Article
Ackermann M, Verleden SE, Kuehnel M, Haverich A, Welte T, Laenger F, Vanstapel A, Werlein C, Stark H, Tzankov A, Li WW, Li VW, Mentzer SJ, Jonigk D
N Engl J Med 2020 Jul 9;383(2):120-128. Epub 2020 May 21 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2015432. PMID: 32437596Free PMC Article
Hanniford D, Ulloa-Morales A, Karz A, Berzoti-Coelho MG, Moubarak RS, Sánchez-Sendra B, Kloetgen A, Davalos V, Imig J, Wu P, Vasudevaraja V, Argibay D, Lilja K, Tabaglio T, Monteagudo C, Guccione E, Tsirigos A, Osman I, Aifantis I, Hernando E
Cancer Cell 2020 Jan 13;37(1):55-70.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.12.007. PMID: 31935372Free PMC Article
Stanojcic M, Vinaik R, Jeschke MG
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2018 Feb/Mar;19(2):168-175. Epub 2018 Jan 12 doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.288. PMID: 29327977

Recent systematic reviews

Conte F, Sam JE, Lefeber DJ, Passier R
Int J Mol Sci 2023 May 11;24(10) doi: 10.3390/ijms24108632. PMID: 37239976Free PMC Article
Korenblik R, van Zon JFJA, Olij B, Heil J, Dewulf MJL, Neumann UP, Olde Damink SWM, Binkert CA, Schadde E, van der Leij C, van Dam RM; DRAGON Trials Collaborative
BJS Open 2022 Nov 2;6(6) doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac141. PMID: 36437731Free PMC Article
de Baat EC, Mulder RL, Armenian S, Feijen EA, Grotenhuis H, Hudson MM, Mavinkurve-Groothuis AM, Kremer LC, van Dalen EC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Sep 27;9(9):CD014638. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014638.pub2. PMID: 36162822Free PMC Article
Sasame A, Stokes D, Bourke B, Connolly L, Fitzpatrick E, Rowland M
J Cyst Fibros 2022 Mar;21(2):202-211. Epub 2021 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2021.07.014. PMID: 34380590
Gajdova J, Karasek D, Goldmannova D, Krystynik O, Schovanek J, Vaverkova H, Zadrazil J
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2017 Sep;161(3):223-233. Epub 2017 Jun 5 doi: 10.5507/bp.2017.028. PMID: 28627523

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