Class information for:
Level 1: BRAIN DEATH//APNEA TEST//BRAIN STEM DEATH

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
9085 1189 27.5 50%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
8 4 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM//PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES//CARDIOL 1276458
507 3       RESUSCITATION//CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION//CARDIAC ARREST 21761
2375 2             VEGETATIVE STATE//MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE//BRAIN DEATH 4295
9085 1                   BRAIN DEATH//APNEA TEST//BRAIN STEM DEATH 1189

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 BRAIN DEATH authKW 3745987 32% 38% 385
2 APNEA TEST authKW 1031386 4% 85% 47
3 BRAIN STEM DEATH authKW 186371 1% 48% 15
4 DETERMINATION OF DEATH authKW 176081 1% 57% 12
5 DEFINITION OF DEATH authKW 136954 1% 67% 8
6 SPINAL AUTOMATISM authKW 132067 1% 86% 6
7 CEREBRAL DEATH authKW 129997 1% 56% 9
8 LAZARUS SIGN authKW 128400 0% 100% 5
9 ANCILLARY TESTS authKW 122349 1% 53% 9
10 BRAIN DEATH DIAGNOSIS authKW 115557 1% 75% 6

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Medical Ethics 16051 7% 1% 85
2 Ethics 15741 12% 0% 145
3 Social Sciences, Biomedical 7432 11% 0% 126
4 Clinical Neurology 4927 29% 0% 341
5 Social Issues 3561 6% 0% 67
6 Critical Care Medicine 3445 11% 0% 128
7 Transplantation 1033 6% 0% 77
8 Neuroimaging 806 3% 0% 40
9 Medicine, General & Internal 616 12% 0% 142
10 Anesthesiology 591 5% 0% 54

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MOVEMENTS BRAIN DEATH STUDY GRP 77040 0% 100% 3
2 COORDINAT HOSP PRELEVEMENTS ORGANES TISSUS 34239 0% 67% 2
3 CRIT CARE NEUROL 32252 1% 8% 15
4 ANASTHESIOL INTENSIVMED NOTFALLMED MERZ 25680 0% 100% 1
5 ANESTHIOL INTENS CARE 25680 0% 100% 1
6 ANGIOL INTERNAL GERIATR MED 25680 0% 100% 1
7 CANADIAN COUNCIL DONAT TRANSPLANTAT 25680 0% 100% 1
8 CANADIAN COUNCIL DONAT TRANSPORTAT 25680 0% 100% 1
9 CHAIR PATIENT CARE 25680 0% 100% 1
10 CHAIR TRANSPLANTAT ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 25680 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND PHILOSOPHY 27143 3% 3% 36
2 NEUROCRITICAL CARE 12562 2% 2% 27
3 BIOETHICS 8760 2% 2% 18
4 ISSUES IN LAW & MEDICINE 6585 1% 3% 8
5 PHILOSOPHY ETHICS AND HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE 5703 0% 11% 2
6 SEMINARS IN NEUROLOGY 5113 2% 1% 18
7 HASTINGS CENTER REPORT 4424 1% 1% 17
8 KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS JOURNAL 3789 1% 2% 8
9 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 3311 2% 1% 20
10 KLINISCHE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE 2575 1% 1% 7

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 BRAIN DEATH 3745987 32% 38% 385 Search BRAIN+DEATH Search BRAIN+DEATH
2 APNEA TEST 1031386 4% 85% 47 Search APNEA+TEST Search APNEA+TEST
3 BRAIN STEM DEATH 186371 1% 48% 15 Search BRAIN+STEM+DEATH Search BRAIN+STEM+DEATH
4 DETERMINATION OF DEATH 176081 1% 57% 12 Search DETERMINATION+OF+DEATH Search DETERMINATION+OF+DEATH
5 DEFINITION OF DEATH 136954 1% 67% 8 Search DEFINITION+OF+DEATH Search DEFINITION+OF+DEATH
6 SPINAL AUTOMATISM 132067 1% 86% 6 Search SPINAL+AUTOMATISM Search SPINAL+AUTOMATISM
7 CEREBRAL DEATH 129997 1% 56% 9 Search CEREBRAL+DEATH Search CEREBRAL+DEATH
8 LAZARUS SIGN 128400 0% 100% 5 Search LAZARUS+SIGN Search LAZARUS+SIGN
9 ANCILLARY TESTS 122349 1% 53% 9 Search ANCILLARY+TESTS Search ANCILLARY+TESTS
10 BRAIN DEATH DIAGNOSIS 115557 1% 75% 6 Search BRAIN+DEATH+DIAGNOSIS Search BRAIN+DEATH+DIAGNOSIS

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 WIJDICKS, EFM , (2015) BRAIN DEATH GUIDELINES EXPLAINED.SEMINARS IN NEUROLOGY. VOL. 35. ISSUE 2. P. 105 -115 70 83% 4
2 KRAMER, AH , (2015) ANCILLARY TESTING IN BRAIN DEATH.SEMINARS IN NEUROLOGY. VOL. 35. ISSUE 2. P. 125 -138 71 81% 2
3 ZUCKIER, LS , (2016) RADIONUCLIDE EVALUATION OF BRAIN DEATH IN THE POST-MCMATH ERA.JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE. VOL. 57. ISSUE 10. P. 1560 -1568 60 87% 0
4 JOFFE, AR , (2009) BRAIN DEATH IS NOT DEATH: A CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPT, CRITERION, AND TESTS OF BRAIN DEATH.REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES. VOL. 20. ISSUE 3-4. P. 187 -198 52 98% 7
5 CHANG, JJ , TSIVGOULIS, G , KATSANOS, AH , MALKOFF, MD , ALEXANDROV, AV , (2016) DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER FOR BRAIN DEATH CONFIRMATION: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY. VOL. 37. ISSUE 3. P. 408 -414 36 88% 5
6 JOFFE, AR , (2007) THE NEUROLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF DEATH: WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN?.ISSUES IN LAW & MEDICINE. VOL. 23. ISSUE 2. P. 119-140 60 83% 12
7 BUSL, KM , GREER, DM , (2009) PITFALLS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN DEATH.NEUROCRITICAL CARE. VOL. 11. ISSUE 2. P. 276 -287 64 68% 20
8 MARKERT, L , BOCKHOLDT, B , VERHOFF, MA , HEINZE, S , PARZELLER, M , (2016) RENAISSANCE OF CRITICISM ON THE CONCEPT OF BRAIN DEATH-THE ROLE OF LEGAL MEDICINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE. VOL. 130. ISSUE 2. P. 587 -595 40 95% 0
9 WELSCHEHOLD, S , BOOR, S , REULAND, K , THOMKE, F , KERZ, T , REULAND, A , BEYER, C , GARTENSCHLAGER, M , WAGNER, W , GIESE, A , ET AL (2012) TECHNICAL AIDS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN DEATH A COMPARISON OF SEP, AEP, EEG, TCD AND CT ANGIOGRAPHY.DEUTSCHES ARZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL. VOL. 109. ISSUE 39. P. 624 -U32 34 97% 29
10 TIBBALLS, J , (2010) A CRITIQUE OF THE APNEIC OXYGENATION TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF "BRAIN DEATH".PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. VOL. 11. ISSUE 4. P. 475 -478 41 93% 8

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 8763 DONATION AFTER CARDIAC DEATH//NON HEART BEATING DONOR//DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH
2 12328 BRAIN DEATH//DONOR MANAGEMENT//ORGAN DONOR
3 775 ORGAN DONATION//ORGAN TRAFFICKING//TRANSPLANT TOURISM
4 7461 COMA//POSTANOXIC COMA//CARDIAC ARREST
5 5911 VEGETATIVE STATE//MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE//DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
6 36004 PSEUDO SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE//CIN ST LUC//CRYPTOCOCCAL CHOREORETINITIS
7 21791 BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE//INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE//PROFESSIONAL CONSCIENCE
8 13519 TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED SONOGRAPHY//TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY//TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER
9 13712 MORAL STATUS//STEM CELL RESEARCH//MEDICAL ETHICS
10 21981 FUTILITY//MEDICAL FUTILITY//PHYSICIAN AUTHORITY

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