Death
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Lung transplantation and donation after cardiac death: a single center experience.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Lung donation after cardiac death (DCD) can enlarge the donor pool. Single-center reports have shown comparable outcomes after lung transplantation using conventional donors versus DCD in small numbers of patients. METHODS: We performed ... Read more...

The impact of ischemic cholangiopathy in liver transplantation using donors after cardiac death: the untold story.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation (LT) from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors is increasingly being used to address organ shortages. Despite encouraging reports, standard survival metrics have overestimated the effectiveness of DCD livers. ... Read more...

Life and death during the Great Depression.

26 Sep 2009 Recent events highlight the importance of examining the impact of economic downturns on population health. The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most important economic downturn in the U.S. in the twentieth century. We used historical life ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Death'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lung transplantation and donation after cardiac death: a single center experience. 30 Oct 2009
• When a patient chooses death: divided attitudes. 29 Sep 2009
• Delimiting death. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of ischemic cholangiopathy in liver transplantation using donors after cardiac death: the untold story. 29 Sep 2009
• Life and death during the Great Depression. 26 Sep 2009
• A role in transition. 13 Sep 2009
• Coping with the mystery of death. 12 Sep 2009
• Promoting peaceful death for Thai Buddhists: implications for holistic end-of-life care. 30 Aug 2009
• Death and dying course offerings in psychology: a survey of nine Midwestern states. 30 Aug 2009
• Examining the needs of bereaved parents in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative study. 30 Aug 2009
• A moment of silence. Hopefully Kennedy's death will help expel vitriol from healthcare debate. 29 Aug 2009
• Policies of children's hospitals on donation after cardiac death. 24 Aug 2009
• Human uniqueness and the denial of death. 4 Aug 2009
• Physiological response to low temperature in the freshwater apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae). 30 Jul 2009
• Murdered father; dead father: revisiting the Oedipus complex. 30 Jul 2009
• Hope, life, and death: a qualitative analysis of dying cancer patients' talk about hope. 30 Jul 2009
• Integrating Buddhist psychology into grief counseling. 30 Jul 2009
• Thoracic organ transplantation from donation-after-cardiac-death donors. 25 Jul 2009
• Parametric estimation of quality adjusted lifetime (QAL) distribution in progressive illness--death model. 8 Jul 2009
• Air sampling and analysis method for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) related to field-scale mortality composting operations. 6 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Death'

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

Descriptor UI: D003643

Alternative terms: Death; Determination of Death; Near-Death Experience; Cardiac Death; Death, Cardiac;

Related Mesh Headings: Attitude to Death; Bereavement; Brain Death; Cause of Death; Homicide; Infanticide; Mortuary Practice; Suicide; Terminal Care; Thanatology; Fatal Outcome;

Tree Number: C23.550.260;

Technical Notes: IM; /mortal is available with Cat C, F, E; do not confuse with MORTALITY, a statist concept: DEATH is the biol or physiol, psychol concept; for theory, doctrine & philosophy of death THANATOLOGY is available; for death as a result of a dis or ther or diag procedure, FATAL OUTCOME is available: see note there