"Coma" 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.
A profound state of unconsciousness associated with depressed cerebral activity from which the individual cannot be aroused. Coma generally occurs when there is dysfunction or injury involving both cerebral hemispheres or the brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D003128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.358.800.200 C23.888.592.604.359.800.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Coma" by people in Profiles.
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Characterizing coma in large vessel occlusion stroke. J Neurol. 2024 May; 271(5):2658-2661.
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Temperature Management for Comatose Adult Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2023 09 19; 148(12):982-988.
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Evaluation and Management of Disorders of Consciousness in the Acute Care Setting. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2024 Feb; 35(1):79-92.
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Time to Awakening and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies After Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2023 04 01; 51(4):503-512.
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Machine Learning for Early Detection of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest. Neurocrit Care. 2022 06; 36(3):974-982.
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Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest: Who Recovers? Who Progresses to Brain Death? Semin Neurol. 2021 10; 41(5):606-618.
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Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15; 324(11):1078-1097.
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Acute kidney injury after out of hospital pediatric cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2018 10; 131:63-68.
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A Woman in Her 30s Whose Family Becomes Distrustful After an Initial Prognosis Proves Inaccurate. Chest. 2016 Apr; 149(4):e115-7.
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Where was I when I was in a coma? Intensive Care Med. 2015 Nov; 41(11):1971-2.