Methods The national recommendations and guidelines for the diagnosis of brain death of
15 selected European countries (including all 8 Eurotransplant member states) were …

Background Ventilator autotriggering (VAT) may induce uncertainty in diagnosing brain
death because it may falsely suggest a central respiratory drive in brain-dead patients where …

BACKGROUND: Ventilator autotriggering (VAT) may induce uncertainty in diagnosing brain
death because it may falsely suggest a central respiratory drive in brain-dead patients where …

The concept of brain death (BD) is different between countries. The concept of" whole brain
death" characterised by irreversible cessation of hemispheric neurological functions and …

1 Haupt WF, Rudolf J. European brain death codes: a comparison of national guidelines. J
Neurol 1999; 246: 432–7 2 Wijdicks EF. Brain death worldwide: accepted fact but no global …

The introduction of mechanical ventilators in medicine made it feasible to maintain vital
functions in severely brain damaged individuals for a prolonged period. Ventilators …

People die either when their heart and respiration stop or when their brain irreversibly stops
functioning. This latter mode of death by neurologic criteria (also called brain death) …

Human life is book-ended by two major events, birth and death. Although all are born the
same way, since the invention of ventilators and ICUs humans can die either by …

In 2010 an article in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 1 presented case reports of two
patients who appeared to regain spontaneous respiration after they had been determined to …

Physicians have been legally declaring patients dead by applying criteria of cessation of
brain and brain stem function for over four decades. Even though formal recommendations …