 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 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death" by people in Profiles.
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Wall AE, Fiedler A, Karp S, Shah A, Testa G. 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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Cifu AS. A Place of Memory and Learning. JAMA. 2021 May 18; 325(19):1939-1940.
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Cipriano-Steffens T, Cursio JF, Hlubocky F, Sumner M, Garnigan-Peters D, Powell J, Arndt N, Phillips L, Lassiter RH, Gilliam M, Petty LE, Pastor RSO, Malec M, Fitchett G, Polite B. 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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Lazaridis C. Defining Death: Reasonableness and Legitimacy. J Clin Ethics. 2021; 32(2):109-113.
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Ziogas IA, Alexopoulos SP, Matsuoka LK, Geevarghese SK, Gorden LD, Karp SJ, Perkins JD, Montenovo MI. 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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Little CJ, Dick AAS, Perkins JD, Hsu EK, Reyes JD. Livers From Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Represent a Viable and Underutilized Source of Allograft. Liver Transpl. 2020 09; 26(9):1138-1153.
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Dalle Ave AL, Sulmasy DP, Bernat JL. The ethical obligation of the dead donor rule. Med Health Care Philos. 2020 Mar; 23(1):43-50.
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Fitchett G, Hisey Pierson AL, Hoffmeyer C, Labuschagne D, Lee A, Levine S, O'Mahony S, Pugliese K, Waite N. Development of the PC-7, a Quantifiable Assessment of Spiritual Concerns of Patients Receiving Palliative Care Near the End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2020 02; 23(2):248-253.
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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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