Aligning the Criterion and Tests for Brain Death
Disturbing cases continue to be published of patients declared brain dead who later were found to have a few intact brain functions. We address the reasons for the mismatch between the whole-brain criterion and brain death tests, and suggest solutions. Many of the cases result from diagnostic errors...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2019
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Anno: 2019, Volume: 28, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 635-641 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Brain Death
B whole brain criterion B brain death determination B brain death tests |
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| Riepilogo: | Disturbing cases continue to be published of patients declared brain dead who later were found to have a few intact brain functions. We address the reasons for the mismatch between the whole-brain criterion and brain death tests, and suggest solutions. Many of the cases result from diagnostic errors in brain death determination. Others probably result from a tiny amount of residual blood flow to the brain despite intracranial circulatory arrest. Strategies to lessen the mismatch include improving brain death determination training for physicians, mandating a test showing complete intracranial circulatory arrest, or revising the whole-brain criterion. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180119000574 |