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Brain death
UK -brainstem formulation.
IV. Documentation
The clinical evaluation (prerequisites)
A-Establish irreversible and proximate cause of
coma.
Prerequisites:
1) Normotension,
2) Normothermia,
3) Euvolemia,
4) Eucapnia(paco2 = 35–45 mm hg),
5) Absence of hypoxia, and
6) No prior evidence of CO2 retention (I.E., Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, severe obesity).
Procedure-
Adjust vasopressors to a systolic blood pressure ≥100
mm Hg.
EEG
Cerebral angiography
Nuclear scan
TCD
These are:
The diagnosis of brain death cannot be made in
preterm infants less than 37 weeks gestational .
Hypotension, hypothermia, and metabolic
disturbances should be treated and corrected
An observation period
- 24 hours for term newborns to 30 days
- 12 hours for 30 days to 18 years.
Why?
To discontinue artificial ventilation
To ask legal consent for organ donation from relatives.
Who should diagnose
Team of four medical experts including
Authorized Specialist
Authorized Neurologist/NeuroSurgeon
The diagnosis of brain death;Ajay Kumar Goila and Mridula Pawar; Indian J
Crit Care Med. 2009 JanMar; 13(1): 7–11.
Clinical Criteria for Diagnosis of Brain Death and its MedicoLegal Applications
(A Review Study) Author(s): Pathak Manoj Kumar, Tripathi S K, Agrawal
Prashant, Chaturvedi Rajesh, Yadav Sudhir Vol. 6, No. 2 (2006-03 -2006-06)
Indmedica MedicoLegal Update
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