Open AccessFactors Affecting the Time Taken to Determine Brain Death in Patients with Impending Brain Death
Author(s) -
Young Soo Kim,
DoHyung Kim,
Tae-Won Yang,
Minhwa Kim,
Jeong Rim Lee,
Won Hyun Cho,
Oh-Young Kwon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology/the journal of clinical neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2005-5013
pISSN - 1738-6586
DOI - 10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.668
Subject(s) - craniotomy , medicine , organ donation , transplantation , traumatic brain injury , surgery , psychiatry
The increased demand for donor organs has made it crucial to keep the organs of patients with impending brain death (PWIBDs) suitable for transplantation during the process of determining brain death. This study aimed to identify the time taken to determine brain death (TT-BD) in PWIBDs and the associated influencing factors.