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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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Ancillary tests for brain death [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
BackgroundAncillary 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, Vivek Sanker, Rajeeb Kumar Mishra, Arvind K. Sharma, Shir Lynn Lim, Nisha Baskar, Vijay K. Sharma   +6 more
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Brain Death and Organ Donation

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
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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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NLPR3 inflammasome inhibition alleviates hypoxic endothelial cell death in vitro and protects blood–brain barrier integrity in murine stroke

Cell Death and Disease, 2021
In ischemic stroke (IS) impairment of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) has an important role in the secondary deterioration of neurological function. BBB disruption is associated with ischemia-induced inflammation, brain edema formation, and hemorrhagic ...
Maximilian Bellut, L. Papp, Michael Bieber, P. Kraft, G. Stoll, Michael K. Schuhmann   +5 more
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Brain death, the determination of brain death, and member guidance for brain death accommodation requests

Neurology, 2019
The American Academy of Neurology holds the following positions regarding brain death and its determination, and provides the following guidance to its members who encounter resistance to brain death, its determination, or requests for accommodation ...
J. Russell, L. Epstein, D. Greer, M. Kirschen, Michael A. Rubin, A. Lewis   +5 more
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Pathophysiology of Brain Stem Death

Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2020
Brain stem death (BD) is a pathological process which has a profound effect on hemodynamic balance, hormone levels and functioning of other organ systems. It also triggers a systemic inflammatory response.
Eldo Issac, Sarath Venugopalan
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Legal Aspects of Brain Death

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2023
Brain death is a medical diagnosis. A person who is diagnosed as brain dead is considered dead both medically and legally. Medical support is required in organ donor cases, the purpose of medical support is organ preservation.
Dilek Özcengiz
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