Book contents
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing
- Section 2 Common Neurologic Presentations: A Symptom-Based Approach
- Section 3 Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
- Chapter 11 Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
- Chapter 12 Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Chapter 13 Seizures
- Chapter 14 Infections of the Central Nervous System
- Chapter 15 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 16 Increased Intracranial Pressure and Herniation Syndromes
- Chapter 17 Traumatic and Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Disorders
- Chapter 18 Neuro-ophthalmology Emergencies
- Chapter 19 Brain Tumors and Other Neuro-oncologic Emergencies
- Chapter 20 Peripheral Nerve and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Chapter 21 Movement Disorders
- Chapter 22 Multiple Sclerosis
- Chapter 23 Hydrocephalus and Shunt Evaluation
- Chapter 24 Post-Arrest Neurologic Resuscitation
- Chapter 25 Neurotoxicology
- Chapter 26 Neurologic Emergencies of Pregnancy
- Chapter 27 Brain Death
- Chapter 28 Hysteria
- Index
- References
Chapter 27 - Brain Death
from Section 3 - Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2024
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Handbook of Emergency Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Neurologic Examination and Neurodiagnostic Testing
- Section 2 Common Neurologic Presentations: A Symptom-Based Approach
- Section 3 Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
- Chapter 11 Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
- Chapter 12 Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Chapter 13 Seizures
- Chapter 14 Infections of the Central Nervous System
- Chapter 15 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 16 Increased Intracranial Pressure and Herniation Syndromes
- Chapter 17 Traumatic and Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Disorders
- Chapter 18 Neuro-ophthalmology Emergencies
- Chapter 19 Brain Tumors and Other Neuro-oncologic Emergencies
- Chapter 20 Peripheral Nerve and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Chapter 21 Movement Disorders
- Chapter 22 Multiple Sclerosis
- Chapter 23 Hydrocephalus and Shunt Evaluation
- Chapter 24 Post-Arrest Neurologic Resuscitation
- Chapter 25 Neurotoxicology
- Chapter 26 Neurologic Emergencies of Pregnancy
- Chapter 27 Brain Death
- Chapter 28 Hysteria
- Index
- References
Summary
The term “brain death” implies permanent absence of cerebral and brainstem functions. US law equates brain death with cardiopulmonary death, but specific criteria need to be met for diagnosis of brain death or death by neurologic criteria (DBNC). There are established prerequisite criteria to consider a patient for brain death that include: (1) a cause of CNS catastrophe deemed irreversible; (2) no confounding metabolic abnormality; (3) no drug intoxication or CNS depressants; (4) a normothermic state; and (5) a normotensive state. If these criteria are met, then the patient can be formally considered for DBNC.
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- Handbook of Emergency Neurology , pp. 392 - 394Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023