Berkowitz and Garrett's article makes an interesting argument claiming surrogate consent to
brain-death testing should be ethically and legally required (Berkowitz and Garrett 2020) …

OBJECTIVE: Specific guidelines for documenting the complete loss of brain function, for the
declaration of brain death, have been established for 3 decades. This study assessed the …

Should the Brain Death Exam With Apnea Test Require Surrogate Informed Consent? Yes |
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Critical care physicians are frequently called on to diagnose and manage brain death.
Although the medical and legal concepts of brain death are generally accepted, establishing …

Until recently, death was defined only as irreversible cardiopulmonary arrest. However,
advances in medical technology, such as pulmonary ventilation, advanced cardiac …

This resource discusses a neurologic condition that medically and legally defines death, the
clinical criteria for brain death, and compresses an amazing amount of scholarship …

Since the advent of US State laws recognizing the cessation of all brain function as a
definition of death, the diagnosis of brain death has gradually evolved to become a clinical …

A self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) in neuroprognostication occurs when a patient in coma is
predicted to have a poor outcome, and life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn on the basis of …

Some of the seminal steps toward the recognition and definition of brain death were
European. There is a general consensus on both the medical concept of brain death in …

Clarity regarding the biomedical definition of death and the criteria for its determination is
critical to inform practices in clinical care, medical research, law, and organ donation. While …