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 …

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

The Uniform Determination of Death Act and the American Academy of Neurology's
Guidelines for Determination of Death define procedures for diagnosis of brain death before …

Brain death is characterised by a flaccid, areflexic neurological examination; fixed, dilated
and midpoint pupils and total absence of intrinsic respiratory drive. A non-reversible clinical …

Ventilator auto-triggering is a potential confounding factor in brainstem death with
implications in delaying brainstem death testing. We report a case of a brainstem dead …

Background Brain death is the total loss of all brain and brain stem functions, and its
diagnosis is often confirmed by an apnoea test, which relies on disconnecting the patient …

Methods: A 68 year-old patient was admitted to a trauma/neuro ICU with massive,
intracerebral hemorrhage and declining neurological examination. He was intubated with …

A patient with cerebral infarction was certified clinically brainstem dead. However, 4 h after
the diagnosis of death, while the patient was being ventilated using the biphasic positive …

Background Improvements in technology play an important role in caring for critically ill
patients. One example is the advance in ventilator design to facilitate triggering of …