A look at some of the differences between states of consciousness and brain death: Brain death: These patients are no longer alive. There has been an irreversible cessation of all activity in both the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Since Harvard Medical School published its landmark criteria regarding clinical definition of “brain death” in 1968 (JAMA, 1968), diversity in these criteria has evolved worldwide.

The American Academy of Neurology has released updated guidelines for determining whether a person may be declared brain dead. The first guidelines emerged more than 15 years ago to help provide ...

The majority of health care professionals involved in testing for brain stem death believe that allowing relatives to be present during testing may help them to understand that death has occurred and ...

THE presence of 3-5 per cent of carbon dioxide in the air prevents or alleviates the untoward effects of a low oxygen content (8-9 per cent) on brain stem reflexes and also on vision, muscular ...