Brain Death/Death by Neurological Criteria: International Standardization and the World Brain Death Project

Gene Sung

doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2022.08.005

Brain Death/Death by Neurological Criteria: International Standardization and the World Brain Death Project

Crit Care Clin. 2023 Jan;39(1):215-219. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.08.005. Epub 2022 Oct 9.

Author

Gene Sung¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Southern California, LAC+USC Medical Center, 2051 Marengo Street, Inpatient Tower A4E111, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: gsung@usc.edu.

PMID: 36333032
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.08.005

Abstract

This article reviews the criteria for determination of brain death, discusses the importance of protocol development, and reviews the international efforts to standardize clinical testing.

Keywords: Brain death; Death; End of life.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain Death* / diagnosis
Humans
Reference Standards