Improving uniformity in brain death determination policies over time
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Improving uniformity in brain death determination policies over time
OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that progress has been made in unifying brain death determination guidelines in the last decade by directly comparing the policies of the US News and World Report's top 50 ranked neurologic institutions from 2006 and 2015. METHODS We solicited official hospital guidelines in 2015 from these top 50 institutions, generated summary statistics of their criteria as benchma...
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IMPORTANCE Brain death is the irreversible cessation of function of the entire brain, and it is a medically and legally accepted mechanism of death in the United States and worldwide. Significant variability may exist in individual institutional policies regarding the determination of brain death. It is imperative that brain death be diagnosed accurately in every patient. The American Academy o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003597