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Brain death: What does it mean?

from MedPage Today

Brain death: What does it mean? MedPage Today New international recommendations aim to bring worldwide consensus to determining brain death in adults and children. This is the first time five different world federations have come together to help develop and endorse a consensus statement about brain death or death by neurologic criteria (DNC). Multiple professional societies including the Society of Critical Care Medicine have endorsed it. The American Academy of Neurology, which called for uniform brain death laws, policies, and practices in its 2019 position statement, affirmed the value of the statement as an educational tool for neurologists. READ MORE

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