"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death" by people in Profiles.
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Organ Donation and End-of-Life Discussions: A Scripting Template for Supportive Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 11; 64(5):e300-e304.
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Medical standards are aligned with normothermic regional perfusion practices and US legal standards for determining death. Am J Transplant. 2022 11; 22(11):2709.
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Normothermic regional perfusion: Ethically not merely permissible but recommended. Am J Transplant. 2022 09; 22(9):2285-2286.
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Applying the ethical framework for donation after circulatory death to thoracic normothermic regional perfusion procedures. Am J Transplant. 2022 05; 22(5):1311-1315.
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Ethical Considerations in Supporting Donation after Circulatory Death: The Role of the Dead-Donor Rule. J Clin Ethics. 2022; 33(3):220-224.
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A Place of Memory and Learning. JAMA. 2021 May 18; 325(19):1939-1940.
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Improving End of Life Cancer Outcomes Through Development and Implementation of a Spiritual Care Advocate Program. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Dec; 38(12):1441-1450.
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Defining Death: Reasonableness and Legitimacy. J Clin Ethics. 2021; 32(2):109-113.
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Living vs deceased donor liver transplantation in cholestatic liver disease: An analysis of the OPTN database. Clin Transplant. 2020 10; 34(10):e14031.
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Livers From Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Represent a Viable and Underutilized Source of Allograft. Liver Transpl. 2020 09; 26(9):1138-1153.