brain death

Determining Brain Death: Updated Guidelines and Ancillary Testing

This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Author: Sean Weaver, DO MPH Emergency Medicine Resident University of Nevada, School of Medicine The following blog post appeared initially at www.lasvegasemr.com/foam-blog and is reproduced with the permission of the author. IntroductionLast week we reviewed the original 1995 criteria for declaring brain death. This week we […]
Determining Brain Death: Legal Definition and Original Guidelines

This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Author: Sean Weaver, DO MPH Emergency Medicine Resident University of Nevada, School of Medicine The following blog post appeared initially at www.lasvegasemr.com/foam-blog and is reproduced with the permission of the author. Introduction Brain death accounts for 1-2% of all deaths in the United States.[1] Patients will […]

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