Brain death, also commonly referred to as death by neurologic criteria, has been considered a legal definition of death for decades. Its determination involves many considerations and subtleties. In this review, we discuss the philosophy and history of b
“accepted medical standards” left open by the UDDA in 1995. In adults, there are no published reports of recovery of neurologic function after a diagnosis of brain death using the criteria presented in the 1995 AAN practice parameter. Brain death should be a diagnostic entity and never used ...
Background and objectives: The purpose of this guideline is to update the 2010 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) guideline for adults and the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine ...
Many Hospital Brain Death Practices Fall Short of AAN Recommendations Do Accrediting Organizations Need to Step In?Holmes'tremorDual electrode stimulationSubthalamic areaAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/01.NT.0000480941.88603.32Kurt SamsonNeurology Today...
The determination of brain death is often complicated by the presence of drugs that may mask central nervous system activity. The AAN Practice Parameters request exclusion of medical conditions that may confound the clinical assessment, and stipulate that there be no drug intoxication or poisoning. To...
Rather than pass them off as people who are unable to live or unworthy of living and assuming these people would rather die and then starving them to death, doctors will actually be able to ask people how they feel, if they are in pain, and what they want for their lives. They will ...
PAMAM nanoparticles promote acute lung injury by inducing autophagic cell death through the Akt-TSC2-mTOR signaling pathway. J. Mol. Cell Biol. 2009, 1, 37–45. [CrossRef] [PubMed] 21. Márquez-Miranda, V.; Peñaloza, J.P.; Araya-Durán, I.; Reyes, R.; Vidaurre, S.; Romero, ...
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How to Diagnose Brain Death Accurately?: An AAN Panel Offers Guidance In A New Practice ParameterAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/01.NT.0000383477.31041.f8KURT SAMSONOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Neurology Today
New Consensus Statement Affirms AAN Brain Death Guideline, Calls for Consistency and Public Educationdoi:10.1097/01.NT.0000531059.90314.c9ShawGinaNeurology Today