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Diagnosis of brain death
Brain death (BD) should be understood as the ultimate clinical expression of a brain catastrophe characterized by a complete and irreversible neurological stoppage, recognized by irreversible coma, absent brainstem reflexes, and apnea. The most common pattern is manifested by an elevation of intracranial pressure to a point beyond the mean arterial pressure, and hence cerebral perfusion pressur...
متن کاملDiagnosis of brain death.
All topics are updated as new evidence becomes available and our peer review process is complete. Disclosures INTRODUCTION — Death is an irreversible, biological event that consists of permanent cessation of the critical functions of the organism as a whole [1]. This concept allows for survival of tissues in isolation, but it requires the loss of integrated function of various organ systems. De...
متن کاملDiagnosis of brain death.
No apologies are neededfor returning to the subject of brain death and its definition. There has been so much public discussion that it is important for public confidence that the issues should be clarified. In the following two contributions one from a professor of neurosurgery and the other from a lawyer an attempt is made to convince doctors (if that is needed) and lay people alike that what...
متن کاملMR diagnosis of brain death.
With the advent of increasingly sophisticated life-support systems, the determination of brain death has in some cases become more difficult. Angiography, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, and nuclear medicine perfusion imaging have all been advocated in the evaluation of cessation of cerebral blood flow. We present a case of unsuspected brain death diagnosed by magnetic resonance (MR) imag...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.53108