"Brain 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.
A state of prolonged irreversible cessation of all brain activity, including lower brain stem function with the complete absence of voluntary movements, responses to stimuli, brain stem reflexes, and spontaneous respirations. Reversible conditions which mimic this clinical state (e.g., sedative overdose, hypothermia, etc.) are excluded prior to making the determination of brain death. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp348-9)
| Descriptor ID |
D001926
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.151 C10.597.606.358.800.200.100 C23.550.260.159
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain Death- Brain Death
- Death, Brain
- Brain Dead
- Brain Deads
- Coma Depasse
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Death" by people in Profiles.
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Gerrymandering Circulation: Why NRP is Inconsistent with the Dead Donor Rule. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jun; 24(6):62-66.
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NADPH oxidase overexpression and mitochondrial OxPhos impairment are more profound in human hearts donated after circulatory death than brain death. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 03 01; 326(3):H548-H562.
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Heart transplant donation after circulatory death: current status and implications. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2024 03 01; 39(2):128-134.
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Protecting Life and Ensuring Death-Confounding the Dead Donor Rule. Am J Bioeth. 2023 02; 23(2):20-22.
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Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Protects Vascular Grafts of Brain-Dead Rats Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. J Surg Res. 2023 03; 283:953-964.
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Against abandoning the dead donor rule: reply to Smith. J Med Ethics. 2023 10; 49(10):715-716.
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Can double-effect reasoning justify lethal organ donation? Bioethics. 2022 07; 36(6):648-654.
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The inviolateness of life and equal protection: a defense of the dead-donor rule. Theor Med Bioeth. 2022 02; 43(1):1-27.
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Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act to Align the Law With Practice Through Neurorespiratory Criteria. Neurology. 2022 03 29; 98(13):532-536.
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Physiological Signatures of Brain Death Uncovered by Intracranial Multimodal Neuromonitoring. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2021 Oct 01; 33(4):347-350.