ABC of brain stem death. Reappraising death.

ABC of Brain Stem Death CHRISTOPHER PALLIS

Patients with newly found raised blood pressure are known to have lower pressures at subsequent measurements even when not treated. A study was undertaken to determine the extent to which (a) the number offollow-up measurements and (b) the duration of the intervals between them contributed to this fall in pressure. In 42 general practices 110 patients were identified as having for the first tim...

brain death

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Brain stem death and organ donation.

Our understanding of the concept and definition of death has changed over time. The British contribution to the body of knowledge on the diagnosis of brain steam death was the publication by the medical royal colleges (1976) of diagnostic criteria. Most literature and research which explores the knowledge and attitudes of nurses towards the concept of brain stem death is from the USA. Several i...

"Brain death" is not death.

Death, Brain Death, and the Death of Death: Death as a Concept in Continuing Evolution