 Death
"Death" 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.
Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.
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D003643
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.260
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Death" by people in this website by year, and whether "Death" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death" by people in Profiles.
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Stadlan NY. The importance of getting death by neurological criteria right. Minerva Anestesiol. 2019 07; 85(7):710-711.
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Ross LF. Respecting Choice in Definitions of Death. Hastings Cent Rep. 2018 Nov; 48 Suppl 4:S53-S55.
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Wang ZY, Ragsdale CW. Multiple optic gland signaling pathways implicated in octopus maternal behaviors and death. J Exp Biol. 2018 10 08; 221(Pt 19).
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Wall A, Testa G. Living Donation, Listing, and Prioritization in Uterus Transplantation. Am J Bioeth. 2018 07; 18(7):20-22.
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Arnolds M, Xu L, Hughes P, McCoy J, Meadow W. Worth a Try? Describing the Experiences of Families during the Course of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit When the Prognosis is Poor. J Pediatr. 2018 05; 196:116-122.e3.
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Sulmasy DP. Death and dignity in Catholic Christian thought. Med Health Care Philos. 2017 Dec; 20(4):537-543.
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Bohorquez H, Seal JB, Cohen AJ, Kressel A, Bugeaud E, Bruce DS, Carmody IC, Reichman TW, Battula N, Alsaggaf M, Therapondos G, Bzowej N, Tyson G, Joshi S, Nicolau-Raducu R, Girgrah N, Loss GE. Safety and Outcomes in 100 Consecutive Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplants Using a Protocol That Includes Thrombolytic Therapy. Am J Transplant. 2017 Aug; 17(8):2155-2164.
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van Leeuwen EJ, Cronin KA, Haun DB. Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees. Sci Rep. 2017 03 13; 7:44091.
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Padela AI. The Perspectives of Islamic Jurists on the Brain Death as Legal Death in Islam. J Relig Health. 2016 Aug; 55(4):1215-7.
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van Leeuwen EJ, Mulenga IC, Bodamer MD, Cronin KA. Chimpanzees' responses to the dead body of a 9-year-old group member. Am J Primatol. 2016 Sep; 78(9):914-22.
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