"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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| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death" by people in Profiles.
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Death and the Inescapability of Value Judgments. Chest. 2024 Sep; 166(3):e96-e97.
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Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation: A Narrative Review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Sep; 38(9):2047-2058.
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Stepwise development and expansion of an abdominal normothermic regional perfusion program for donation after circulatory determination of death organ procurement. Clin Transplant. 2024 04; 38(4):e15297.
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Knowledge gaps in heart and lung donation after the circulatory determination of death: Report of a workshop of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Jun; 43(6):1021-1029.
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Post-transplant survival after normothermic regional perfusion versus direct procurement and perfusion in donation after circulatory determination of death in heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Jun; 43(6):954-962.
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Addressing Challenges With Sedation in End-of-Life Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Apr; 67(4):346-349.
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Donation After Circulatory Death: Shifting the Paradigm in Heart Transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 10 10; 82(15):1521-1523.
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A Pilot Efficacy Trial to Educate Muslim Americans about the Islamic Bioethical Perspectives in End-of-Life Healthcare. J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Feb; 26(1):133-139.
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Clarification on the 6-month abdominal transplant recipient outcomes from donation after circulatory death heart donors: A retrospective analysis by procurement technique. Am J Transplant. 2023 11; 23(11):1817-1818.
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The Duality of "Goals of Care" Language: A Qualitative Focus Group Study With Frontline Clinicians. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 12; 66(6):e658-e665.