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Ancillary tests for brain death [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundAncillary tests are often used in the determination of death by neurologic criteria (DNC), especially when the clinical examination is inconclusive. DNC is widely accepted, as defined by the comprehensive report of the World Brain Death Project.
Shyam Duvuru +6 more
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Brain based criteria for death in the light of the Aristotelian-Scholastic anthropology
Scientia et Fides, 2018 In 1968 the authors of the so-called Harvard Report, proposed the recognition of an irreversible coma as a new criterion for death. The proposal was accepted by the medical, legal, religious and political circles in spite of the lack of any explanation ...
Jacek Maria Norkowski
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Brain Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Diagnostic Toolbox for the Confirmation of Brain Death: Practical Aspects and Examination Protocol. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Günther A +10 more
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Brain Death and Organ Donation
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022 N ...
Badri Man Shrestha
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Prerequisites for the Diagnosis
Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2023 Brain death is death according to neurological criteria and is defined as the complete and permanent loss of all functions of the brain, including those of the brain stem, expressed as an unresponsive coma with loss of brain stem reflexes.
Süha Bozbay, Oktay Demirkıran
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Evolution of the Concepts of Brain Death and Brain Stem Death
Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2020 Brain stem death has remained a topic of contention among physicians and laypersons for many years. The evolution of the current definition of brain stem death has been the end result of decades of scientific study and deliberation.
Shabala Paul, Mathew George
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Determination of Brain Stem Death
Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2020 This article will focus on a step by step description of the process of brain stem death testing as per Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) guidelines. This will be followed by a narrative on how the testing criteria differ among the various
Rajagopal Ramanan
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Transplantation of the heart after circulatory death of the donor: time for a change in law? [PDF]
, 2015 Procurement of organs has always been conducted according to the dead donor rule, that is, after death of the donor — but this practice is being challenged. Introduction Australia has an increasing shortfall in transplantable hearts.
James Tibballs, Neera Bhatia
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Brain death: a clinical overview
Journal of Intensive Care, 2022 Brain death, also commonly referred to as death by neurologic criteria, has been considered a legal definition of death for decades. Its determination involves many considerations and subtleties.
William Spears, Asim Mian, David Greer
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Brain Death as the End of a Human Organism as a Self-moving Whole [PDF]
, 2021 The biophilosophic justification for the idea that “brain death” is death needs to support two claims: that what dies in human death is a human organism, not merely a psychological entity distinct from it; that total brain failure signifies the end of ...
Omelianchuk, Adam
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