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  1. BrainDeath.org: General Considerations And Prerequisites On Brain Death braindeath.org - General Considerations And Prerequisites On Brain Death
  2. HowStuffWorks: Confirming Brain Death health.howstuffworks.com - Confirming Brain Death
  3. American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses: Determining Brain Death classic.aacn.org - Determining Brain Death
  4. Merck Manuals: Brain Death Information merck.com - Brain Death Information
  5. University Of Missouri Health Care: Defining Brain Death - Laws Of Missouri muhealth.org - Defining Brain Death - Laws Of Missouri
  6. The Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic Policy On Brain Death my.clevelandclinic.org - Cleveland Clinic Policy On Brain Death
  7. Times Online: Brain-Death Test Dropped To Boost Organ Donation (June 29, 2008)timesonline.co.uk - Brain-Death Test Dropped To Boost Organ Donation
  8. Catholic News Service: Vatican Newspaper Says New Questions Raised About Brain Death (Sept. 03, 2008)catholicnews.com - Vatican Newspaper Says New Questions Raised About Brain Death
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials About Brain Death clinicaltrials.gov - Clinical Trials About Brain Death
  10. Google Scholar: Recent Articles About Brain Death scholar.google.com - Recent Articles About Brain Death


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Research Notes on Brain Dead


Brain dead or brain death is a legal definition of death that emerged in the 1960s as a response to the ability to resuscitate individuals and mechanically keep the heart and lungs working. In simple terms, brain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity (including involuntary activity necessary to sustain life) due to total necrosis of the cerebral neurons following loss of blood flow and oxygenation. It should not be confused with a persistent vegetative state. ...read more at Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Someone who is brain dead, has no response to pain and no cranial nerve reflexes.1
  • Legal criteria vary, but diagnosis of brain death generally requires neurological exams by two independent physicians.1
  • Most organ donation for organ transplantation is done in the setting of brain death.1
  • Both legal and medical communities use "brain death" as a legal definition of death.1

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wikipedia: Brain Death Overview

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