Open AccessThe criteria for verifying brain death in children
Author(s) -
Dušica Simić,
Milos Petkovic,
Irina Kovacevic,
Ivana Budić
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh04s1125s
Subject(s) - medicine , brain dead , transplantation , organ donation , cause of death , intensive care medicine , pathology , surgery , disease
The American Committee, followed by the British, consisting of experts in various fields, in 1968 and 1976, respectively, reached the following consensus: ?If a brain stem is dead, a brain is dead, if a brain is dead, a person is dead...? In the last few years, definition of brain death was necessary due to organ transplantation. Most of criteria verifying brain death do not include the specific determinants of brain death in children. This paper specifies the most up-to-date guidelines for diagnosis of brain death in children of various ages.