 Brain Death
"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)
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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
- Coma Depasse
- Brain Dead
- Brain Deads
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Death" by people in Profiles.
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Kramer NM, O'Mahony S, Deamant C. Brain Death Determination and Communication: An Innovative Approach Using Simulation and Standardized Patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 06; 63(6):e765-e772.
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Busl KM, Lewis A, Varelas PN. Apnea Testing for the Determination of Brain Death: A Systematic Scoping Review. Neurocrit Care. 2021 04; 34(2):608-620.
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Busl KM. What Does the Public Need to Know About Brain Death? AMA J Ethics. 2020 12 01; 22(12):E1047-1054.
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Radaideh Y, Garg R, Abdalla AA, Patel AD, John S, Da Silva I. Challenges in Brain Death Determination and Apnea Testing for Patients with COVID-19. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec; 29(12):105419.
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Greer DM, Shemie SD, Lewis A, Torrance S, Varelas P, Goldenberg FD, Bernat JL, Souter M, Topcuoglu MA, Alexandrov AW, Baldisseri M, Bleck T, Citerio G, Dawson R, Hoppe A, Jacobe S, Manara A, Nakagawa TA, Pope TM, Silvester W, Thomson D, Al Rahma H, Badenes R, Baker AJ, Cerny V, Chang C, Chang TR, Gnedovskaya E, Han MK, Honeybul S, Jimenez E, Kuroda Y, Liu G, Mallick UK, Marquevich V, Mejia-Mantilla J, Piradov M, Quayyum S, Shrestha GS, Su YY, Timmons SD, Teitelbaum J, Videtta W, Zirpe K, Sung G. Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15; 324(11):1078-1097.
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Livesay S, Fried H, Gagnon D, Karanja N, Lele A, Moheet A, Olm-Shipman C, Taccone F, Tirschwell D, Wright W, Claude Hemphill Iii J. Clinical Performance Measures for Neurocritical Care: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care. 2020 02; 32(1):5-79.
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Busl KM. Patient Management Problem. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2015 Oct; 21(5 Neurocritical Care):1503-23.
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Bernat JL, Bleck TP, Blosser SA, Bratton SL, Capron AM, Cornell D, DeVita MA, Fulda GJ, Glazier AK, Gries CJ, Mathur M, Nakagawa TA, Shemie SD. Circulatory death determination in uncontrolled organ donors: a panel viewpoint. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr; 63(4):384-90.
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Scott JB, Gentile MA, Bennett SN, Couture M, MacIntyre NR. Apnea testing during brain death assessment: a review of clinical practice and published literature. Respir Care. 2013 Mar; 58(3):532-8.
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Venizelos AP, Bleck TP. Alpha-frequency EEG artifact from a high-frequency oscillatory ventilator (HFOV). Clin Neurophysiol. 2013 Jun; 124(6):1258.
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