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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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Reversible Brain Death: A Rare Manifestation of Snake Envenomation
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2023 Snakebite is a serious public health problem and one of the priorities in WHO's list of neglected tropical diseases. It significantly increases morbidity and mortality associated with envenomation in India.
Ankusha Patra +3 more
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Target-derived neurotrophic factors regulate the death of developing forebrain neurons after a change in their trophic requirements [PDF]
, 2001 Many neurons die as the normal brain develops. How this is regulated and whether the mechanism involves neurotrophic molecules from target cells are unknown.
Asavaritikrai, P +3 more
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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 edema : a valid endpoint for measuring hepatic encephalopathy? [PDF]
, 2016 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major complication of liver failure/disease which frequently develops during the progression of end-stage liver disease.
Bémeur, Chantal +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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Treating the dead; how far ought medicine go to obtain transplantable organs?
Frontiers in Transplantation, 2023 Under what circumstances, is it ethical to perform tumor surgery on a brain-dead individual? The neurosurgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital were recently faced with such a question when asked to operate on a 28-year-old man who was pronounced brain ...
Joshua D. Bernstock +6 more
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Death Resulting from Pneumocephalus Complicating Endoscopic Food Bolus Retrieval in a Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis [PDF]
, 2016 Pneumocephalus is a rare complication of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), but existing literature does not discuss pneumocephalus surrounding endoscopic food bolus retrieval.
Fuhs, Amy K., Prahlow, Joseph A.
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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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Atypical Pupil Reactions in Brain Dead Patients
Brain Sciences, 2021 Background: During routine diagnosis of brain death, changes in pupil diameter in response to the stimulation of peripheral nerves are sometimes observed.
Joanna Sołek-Pastuszka +8 more
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