Browsing by Subject "Brain death"

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    • Accuracy of power mode transcranial Doppler in the diagnosis of brain death 
      Brunser, Alejandro M.; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Cárcamo, Daniel A.; Hoppe, Arnold; Olavarría, Verónica V.; López, Javiera; Muñoz, Paula; Palacios Rivas, Rodrigo (Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd, 2015)
      © 2014.Background: The diagnosis of brain death (BD) is complex. For this reason, we aimed to evaluate the accuracy of power mode transcranial Doppler (PMD-TCD) in diagnosing BD. Patients and methods: Patients admitted to ...
    • Brain death: The need for suffi cient and necessary cause. Apropos of a complete deseferentation case from ... 
      David Gladys Godoy, R.; Sáez, M.; Daniel Valenzuela, T.; Andrés Aragón, G. (Sociedad de Neurologia Psiquiatria y Neurocirugia, 2011)
      Brain death is a valid cause of death certifi cation in a patient, especially in terms of organ donation. There are few situations in which the legislator has proposed further examination for certifi cation. We report the ...
    • Diagnóstico de Muerte 
      Echeverría B., Carlos; Goic Goic, Alejandro; Lavados Montes, Manuel; Quintana V., Carlos; Rojas O., Alberto; Serani M., Alejandro; Vacarezza Y., Ricardo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2004-01)
      This paper undertakes an analysis of the scientific criteria used in the diagnosis of death and underscores the importance of intellectual rigor in the definition of medical concepts, particularly regarding such a critical ...
    • Hormone resuscitation therapy for brain-dead donors - is insulin beneficial or detrimental? 
      Novitzky, Dimitri; Mi, Zhibao; Videla Cabrera, Luis; Collins, Joseph F.; Cooper, David K. C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)
      Hormonal replacement therapy to brain-dead potential organ donors remains controversial. A retrospective study was carried out of hormonal therapy on procurement of organs in 63 593 donors in whom information on thyroid ...
    • Muerte encefálica, bioética y trasplante de órganos 
      Flores H., Juan Carlos; Pérez Franco, Juan; Thambo Becker, Sergio; Valdivieso D., Andrés (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-01)
      The concept of death has evolved medically, legally and culturally since the introduction of life support technologies in the middle of the 20th century. The traditional cardiopulmonary and the new neurologically based ...
    • Prednisolone has a positive effect on the kidney but not on the liver of brain dead rats: A potencial role ... 
      Rebolledo, Rolando; Liu, Bo; Akhtar, Mohammed Z.; Ottens, Petra J.; Zhang, Jian ning; Ploeg, Rutger J.; Leuvenink, Henri G.D. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
      Background: Contradictory evidence has been published on the effects of steroid treatments on the outcomes of kidney and liver transplantation from brain dead (BD) donors. Our study aimed to evaluate this disparity by ...
    • Slow induction of brain death leads to decreased renal function and increased hepatic apoptosis in rats 
      Rebolledo, Rolando; Hoeksma, Dane; Hottenrott, Christina; Bodar, Yves; Ottens, Petra; Wiersema-Buist, Janneka; Leuvenink, Henri (Biomed Central, 2016)
      Background: Donor brain death (BD) is an independent risk factor for graft survival in recipients. While in some patients BD results from a fast increase in intracranial pressure, usually associated with trauma, in others, ...