ArticleBMC medical ethics2017
Donation after brain circulation determination of death.
Article in BMC medical ethics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- [Controlled Donation after Circulatory determination of Death (cDCD) : A position paper by the DCD working group of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Review
- A structured analysis of the concept of brain death.Theoretical medicine and bioethics · 2026Article
- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation dissemination and integration with organ preservation in the USA: ethical and logistical considerations.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Review
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- Ethics in extracorporeal life support: a narrative review.Critical care (London, England) · 2021Review
- Expanding controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death: statement from an international collaborative.Intensive care medicine · 2021Article
- Heart transplantation after the circulatory death; The ethical dilemma.Indian heart journal · 2018Review
- Heart transplantation after the circulatory death; the ethical dilemma.Journal of family medicine and primary careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe fundamental determinant of death in donation after circulatory determination of death is the cessation of brain circulation and function. We therefore propose the term donation after brain circulation determination of death [DBCDD].
resultsIn DBCDD, death is determined when the cessation of circulatory function is permanent but before it is irreversible, consistent with medical standards of death determination outside the context of organ donation. Safeguards to prevent error include that: 1] the possibility of auto-resuscitation has elapsed; 2] no brain circulation may resume after the determination of death; 3] complete circulatory cessation is verified; and 4] the cessation of brain function is permanent and complete. Death should be determined by the confirmation of the cessation of systemic circulation; the use of brain death tests is invalid and unnecessary. Because this concept differs from current standards, consensus should be sought among stakeholders. The patient or surrogate should provide informed consent for organ donation by understanding the basis of the declaration of death.
conclusionIn cases of circulatory cessation, such as occurs in DBCDD, death can be defined as the permanent cessation of brain functions, determined by the permanent cessation of brain circulation.
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