2012
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-4
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A survey of American neurologists about brain death: understanding the conceptual basis and diagnostic tests for brain death

Abstract: BackgroundNeurologists often diagnose brain death (BD) and explain BD to families in the intensive care unit. This study was designed to determine whether neurologists agree with the standard concept of death (irreversible loss of integrative unity of the organism) and understand the state of the brain when BD is diagnosed.MethodsA previously validated survey was mailed to a random sample of 500 board-certified neurologists in the United States. Main outcomes were: responses indicating the concept of death tha… Show more

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“…A recent international consensus conference has suggested to replace brain death as an anatomical concept by a general definition of death as 'the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brainstem functions, as a consequence of permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury' [13] . An isolated brain-stem death, however, is not uniformly accepted as equating to brain death [2,14,15] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A recent international consensus conference has suggested to replace brain death as an anatomical concept by a general definition of death as 'the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brainstem functions, as a consequence of permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury' [13] . An isolated brain-stem death, however, is not uniformly accepted as equating to brain death [2,14,15] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this study addressed doctors and nurses, without specifying the number of doctors who responded correctly. In the original study by Harrison and Botkin 5 , all the intensive care doctors answered correctly, but unlike in Brazil, in the United States, the country where the study was conducted, there is no requirement for additional tests to confirm diagnosis, which is based on the overall clinical evaluation 4,10 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Uygun şekilde klinik olarak beyin ölümü tanısı konduktan sonra da bazı beyin fonksiyonlarının (%20'sinde EEG aktivitesi, %5'inde uyarılmış potansiyel aktivitesi ve %50'den fazlasında hipotalamik nöroendokrin fonksiyon) hala devam ettikleri gösterilmiştir (8). Bu aktivite devamı beyin ölümü tanılı hastaların %5 ila 40'ında beyin kan akımının devam etmesi veya %40'ında 24-48 saat sonra dahi beyinde patolojik yıkımın oluşmaması ile açıklanabilir (8,9). Devam eden bu beyin aktiviteleri bazı tartışmalı iddialarla açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır (3,4,8,11 …”
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“…Bu aktivite devamı beyin ölümü tanılı hastaların %5 ila 40'ında beyin kan akımının devam etmesi veya %40'ında 24-48 saat sonra dahi beyinde patolojik yıkımın oluşmaması ile açıklanabilir (8,9). Devam eden bu beyin aktiviteleri bazı tartışmalı iddialarla açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır (3,4,8,11 …”
Section: Beyin öLümü Testleriunclassified
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