ABC of brain stem death. The declaration of 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...

Accuracy of cause of death in hospital death declaration forms.

Death declaration forms are legal records of death, necessary for burial or cremation of the dead and for medico-legal procedures concerning insurance and inher­ itance. As the forms include a section dealing with "cause of death", they can be used for compiling mortality statis­ tics in medical research and health policy planning. In the section dealing with "cause of death" doctors are expect...

brain death

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

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...