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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

Camacho-Encina M, Booth LK, Redgrave RE, Folaranmi O, Spyridopoulos I, Richardson GD
Cells 2024 Feb 17;13(4) doi: 10.3390/cells13040353. PMID: 38391966Free PMC Article
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
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
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
Goodman KA
Cancer Radiother 2018 Sep;22(5):459-465. Epub 2018 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2018.01.004. PMID: 29807808

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
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
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
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

Buakate P, Thirarattanasunthon P, Wongrith P
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2022;73(4):435-443. doi: 10.32394/rpzh.2022.0239. PMID: 36546882
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

Tsubouchi K, Hamada N, Tokunaga S, Ichiki K, Takata S, Ishii H, Kitasato Y, Okamoto M, Kawakami S, Yatera K, Kawasaki M, Fujita M, Yoshida M, Maeyama T, Harada T, Wataya H, Torii R, Komori M, Mizuta Y, Tobino K, Harada E, Yabuuchi H, Nakanishi Y, Okamoto I
BMJ Open Respir Res 2023 Nov;10(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001864. PMID: 37963676Free PMC Article
Buakate P, Thirarattanasunthon P, Wongrith P
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2022;73(4):435-443. doi: 10.32394/rpzh.2022.0239. PMID: 36546882
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
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

Clinical prediction guides

Buakate P, Thirarattanasunthon P, Wongrith P
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2022;73(4):435-443. doi: 10.32394/rpzh.2022.0239. PMID: 36546882
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

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
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
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
Nanau RM, Delzor F, Neuman MG
Clin Biochem 2014 May;47(7-8):516-28. Epub 2014 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.03.005. PMID: 24657510
Watanabe T, Soga K, Hirono H, Hasegawa K, Shibasaki K, Kawai H, Aoyagi Y
World J Gastroenterol 2009 Jan 14;15(2):231-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.231. PMID: 19132775Free PMC Article

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