New developments in guidelines for brain death/death by neurological criteria.


Journal

Nature reviews. Neurology
ISSN: 1759-4766
Titre abrégé: Nat Rev Neurol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101500072

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Feb 2024
Historique:
accepted: 10 01 2024
medline: 3 2 2024
pubmed: 3 2 2024
entrez: 2 2 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The declaration of brain death (BD), or death by neurological criteria (DNC), is medically and legally accepted throughout much of the world. However, inconsistencies in national and international policies have prompted efforts to harmonize practice and central concepts, both between and within countries. The World Brain Death Project was published in 2020, followed by notable revisions to the Canadian and US guidelines in 2023. The mission of these initiatives was to ensure accurate and conservative determination of BD/DNC, as false-positive determinations could have major negative implications for the medical field and the public's trust in our ability to accurately declare death. In this Review, we review the changes that were introduced in the 2023 US BD/DNC guidelines and consider how these guidelines compare with those formulated in Canada and elsewhere in the world. We address controversies in BD/DNC determination, including neuroendocrine function, consent and accommodation of objections, summarize the legal status of BD/DNC internationally and discuss areas for further BD/DNC research.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38307923
doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-00929-z
pii: 10.1038/s41582-024-00929-z
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Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024. Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

David M Greer (DM)

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. dgreer@bu.edu.
Boston Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA, USA. dgreer@bu.edu.

Ariane Lewis (A)

NYU Langone Medical Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, New York, NY, USA.

Matthew P Kirschen (MP)

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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