Approach of the Clinicians Practicing in Intensive Care Units to Brain Death Diagnosis and Training Expectations in Turkey: A Web-Based Survey.

Background: For health professionals, recognizing and diagnosing brain death is vital for the development of organ transplantation. However, cadaveric organ donation rates remain insufficient, and this problem has become one of the most serious obstacles in the treatment of end-organ failure.

Objectives: This study examines the attitude and knowledge level of clinicians who practice in intensive care units (ICUs) concerning the determination of brain death and describes the hindrances in diagnosing brain death.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Articles Focusing on the Subject of Brain Death Published in Scientific Citation Index-Expanded Indexed Journals: Analysis of 3487 Articles Published Between 1995-2019.

Background: Although the topic of brain death (BD) has been increasing in popularity considerably in recent years by the snowballing number of patients suffering from end-organ failure and waiting for organ transplantation, the literature indicates insufficient information regarding the comparison of scientific articles focusing on BD, authors' and nations', even governments' tendency about this issue.

Objectives: In the present study, we aimed to make a bibliometric analysis of the articles focusing on the subject of BD, which is one of the most trendy topics in organ transplantation.

Material And Methods: The terms "brain death," were searched in Thomson Reuters, Web of Science search engine for the years between 1995 and 2019.