brain death - CISMeF

Preferred Label : brain death;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : brain dead; death, brain; brain deads; coma depasse;

Related MeSH term : irreversible coma; Coma, Irreversible;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain death;

Details

Origin ID

D001926;

UMLS CUI

C0006110;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Brain Death [NCIt concept]
- Brain death [PASCAL descriptor]
- Brain death [ICD-11 Category]
- Brain death [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Brain death [ICD-9 code]
- brain death [Disease (Nov.)]
- brain death [Radlex concept]
Record concept(s)
- brain death [MeSH concept]
- irreversible coma [MeSH concept]
See also
- death [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pathologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Brain Death [NCIt concept]
- Brain death [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Brain death [ICD-9 code]
- Brain death [PASCAL descriptor]
- brain death [Radlex concept]
- brain death [Disease (Nov.)]

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