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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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Epidemiology of Brain Death in Pediatric Intensive Care Units in the United States
JAMA pediatrics, 2019 Importance Guidelines for declaration of brain death in children were revised in 2011 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Child Neurology Society.
M. Kirschen +10 more
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Brain Death and Special Circumstances
Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2023 The basis for the diagnosis of brain death (BD) is defined for the detection of a clinical condition with minimal criteria. The patient’s current condition or the presence of organ support treatments for efforts to keep the patient alive in this process ...
Kerem Erkalp
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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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Variability in reported physician practices for brain death determination
Neurology, 2019 Objectives The degree of training and variability in the clinical brain death examination performed by physicians is not known. Methods Surveys were distributed to physicians (including physicians-in-training) practicing at 3 separate academic medical ...
S. Braksick +5 more
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Acanthamoeba castellanii induces host cell death via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent mechanism [PDF]
, 2005 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba castellanii is a serious human infection with fatal consequences, but it is not clear how the circulating amoebae interact with the blood-brain barrier and transmigrate into the central nervous ...
Alsam, S. +5 more
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Neurology International, 2010 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.
Calixto Machado
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Mexican Journal of Medical Research ICSA, 2023 Organ and tissue donation is defined as the transfer of human cells, tissues and organs from a donor to a recipient; it is the only therapeutic option that helps to improve the quality of life and prevent the death of people with tissue or organ failure.
Karla Jiménez Oliver
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, 2012 Sections on Questions of death... and life; Defining death; A brief history of brain death; Clinical criticisms of brain death; Theological reflections of brainstem ...
Stammers, Trevor
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, 1977 Until recently determination of death was simple. The heart stopped. There was no pulse, no recordable blood pressure, and no heart sounds. There was no breathing. Now, methods of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are common knowledge, both to the layman and
Suter, Cary
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