Neuroethical questions raised by recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of
disorders of consciousness are rapidly expanding, increasingly relevant and yet …

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 …

Abstract The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive
Care Medicine (ESICM) have collaborated to produce these post-resuscitation care …

Abstract This 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline provides the biomedical definition of death
based on permanent cessation of brain function that applies to all persons, as well as …

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 …

Background Among cardiac arrest survivors, about half remain comatose 72 h following
return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Prognostication of poor neurological outcome in …

Organ donation after the circulatory determination of death requires the permanent
cessation of circulation while organ donation after the brain determination of death requires …

Brain death, more recently called death determination by neurologic criteria, 1 is at the
nexus of current controversy as the US Uniform Law Commission (ULC) seeks to revise the …

One concern about the use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in controlled donation
after the circulatory determination of death (cDCD) is that the brain may be perfused. We …

Background The minimum duration of pulselessness required before organ donation after
circulatory determination of death has not been well studied. Methods We conducted a …