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.

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Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.

Descriptor ID	D003643
MeSH Number(s)	C23.550.260
Concept/Terms	Death Death Determination of Death Determination of Death Near-Death Experience Near-Death Experience Cardiac Death Cardiac Death Death, Cardiac

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Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Death [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.

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2006	3	0	3
2007	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2019	0	1	1
2021	0	2	2
2022	1	4	5
2023	1	3	4
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Death" by people in Profiles.

Mattei LH. The Maternal Crossroad. N Engl J Med. 2024 06 20; 390(23):2139-2141.

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Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Lopez-Verdugo F, Kasahara M, Muiesan P, Reddy MS, Flores-Huidobro Martinez A, Xia Q, Hong JC, Niemann CU, Seda-Neto J, Miloh TA, Yi NJ, Mazariegos GV, Ng VL, Esquivel CO, Lerut J, Rela M. International Liver Transplantation Society Global Census: First Look at Pediatric Liver Transplantation Activity Around the World. Transplantation. 2023 10 01; 107(10):2087-2097.

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Paladino J, Sanders JJ, Fromme EK, Block S, Jacobsen JC, Jackson VA, Ritchie CS, Mitchell S. Improving serious illness communication: a qualitative study of clinical culture. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Jul 22; 22(1):104.

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Kowaloff R. Even at the end of life, patients of color are denied equity. J Natl Med Assoc. 2023 06; 115(3):319-320.

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Mazzola MA, Russell JA. Neurology ethics at the end of life. Handb Clin Neurol. 2023; 191:235-257.

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Wang XJ, Teno JM, Rosendaal N, Smith L, Thomas KS, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Carder P, Belanger E. State Regulations and Assisted Living Residents' Potentially Burdensome Transitions at the End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2023 06; 26(6):757-767.

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Hua CL, Patel S, Thomas KS, Peterson LJ, Andel R, Gordon L, Jester DJ, Dosa DM. The relationship between exposure to Hurricane Harvey and mortality among nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 03; 71(3):888-894.

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Hendry A, Hiscock J, Evans E, Turner B, Pottle J, Wilkinson C, Poolman M. The juxtaposition of the natural and the medical perspectives in noisy breathing at the end of life. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2022 Feb 02; 28(2):72-79.

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Wang XJ, Teno JM, Gozalo PL, Dosa D, Thomas KS, B?langer E. State Variation in Potentially Burdensome Transitions Among Assisted Living Residents at the End of Life. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 02 01; 182(2):229-231.

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Ramsaran E, Dai Q, Sundaresan D, Leblanc M, Amblihalli V, Muthyala A, Preusse P, Leblanc C, Li P, Andries N, Cai P, Shah N. Mortality in Stable Coronary Disease in Patients With Intermediate- or High-Risk Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Am J Cardiol. 2022 04 01; 168:1-10.

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