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New developments in guidelines for brain death/death by neurological criteria
The declaration of brain death (BD), or death by neurological criteria (DNC), is medically and legally accepted throughout much of the world....
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Brain Death
Devastating brain injuries are well-recognized causes of irreversible cessation of neurological function which eventually progress to brain death.... -
Brain Death
Brain death or pronouncing death by neurological criteria is a relatively new concept. The concept is based on the precept that irreversible loss of... -
Brain death: a review
BackgroundTo date, the recognized medical criteria for BD/DNC (brain death/death according to neurological criteria) in the USA (United States of...
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Brain Death and Organ Donation
Organ transplantation is the only option in patients with end-organ failure. Renal, cardiac, and hepatic failures are some of the common end-organ... -
Abortion, Brain Death, and Coercion
A “universalist” policy on brain death holds that brain death is death, and neurologic criteria for death determination are rightly applied to all,...
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The conceptual injustice of the brain death standard
Family disputes over the diagnosis of brain death have caused much controversy in the bioethics literature over the conceptual validity of the brain...
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Bilateral vertebral artery injury leads to brain death following traumatic brain injury: a case report
BackgroundVertebral artery injury is a rare condition in trauma settings. In the advanced stages, it causes death.
CaseA 31-year-old Sundanese woman...
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Donor Procurement After Brain Death
Expert pancreas procurement is essential to successful transplantation of the pancreas. It requires excellent anatomical knowledge and perfect... -
Brain water content in sudden unexpected infant death
The extensive and rapid development of the human brain during the first years of life complicates the postmortem diagnosis of brain edema in infancy....
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The use of brain tissue mechanics for time since death estimations
Time since death estimation is a vital part of forensic pathology. Despite the known tissue degradation after death, the efficacy of using...
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Legal considerations for the definition of death in the 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death Clinical Practice Guideline
PurposeThe new 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death Clinical Practice Guideline provides a new definition of death as well as clear...
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Brain Death: Still A Puzzle After All These Years
The definition of death as “irreversible coma” was introduced in 1968 by the Harvard University Medical School. It was developed largely in...
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Clinical and Bioethical Perspective on Brain Death, Organ Donation, and Family Communication
The concept of brain death emerged about 60 years ago, when the development of ventilators and other intensive care unit technologies allowed... -
Apnea Testing on Conventional Mechanical Ventilation During Brain Death Evaluation
IntroductionThe use of continuous positive airway pressure has been shown to improve the tolerance of the apnea test, a critical component of brain...
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Preparation for Brain Death Testing
This chapter provides an extensive review of the physiological complications of brain death including a hyperdynamic precordium that may trigger the... -
Medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward brain death and the influence of medical education: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward brain death has not been investigated in China. The aims of this study were to assess...
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Infratentorial brain injury and death by neurologic criteria in Canada: a narrative review
There are two anatomic formulations of death by neurologic criteria accepted worldwide: whole-brain death and brainstem death. As part of the...
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DCC/netrin-1 regulates cell death in oligodendrocytes after brain injury
Hallmark pathological features of brain trauma are axonal degeneration and demyelination because myelin-producing oligodendrocytes (OLs) are...
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Anti-inflammatory effect of thalidomide in an experimental lung donor model of brain death
Lung transplantation stands as a vital treatment for severe lung diseases, primarily sourcing organs from donors with brain death (BD). This research...