ReviewRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva2019
Diagnosis of brain death in Brazil.
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- Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography as a Complementary Exam in Brain Death Determination: Impact on Protocol Duration and ICU Length of Stay-A Single-Center Study in Brazil.Neurocritical care · 2026Article
- Use of transcranial Doppler to determine brain death or death by neurologic criteria in children: a narrative review.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Review
- Data report about course on underlying cause-of-death coding (ICD-10): the case virtual learning environment of the Brazilian health system.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
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- Brazilian Contributions on Standardized Education for Brain Death Determination.Neurocritical care · 2023Article
- Response to "Some Contributions on Standardized Education for Brain Death Determination".Neurocritical care · 2023Article
- POCUS, how can we include the brain? An overview.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2022Review
- Assessment of physicians' knowledge about brain death and organ donation and associated factors.Medicine · 2022Article
- Validating potential organ and tissue donors in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic: Scoping review and recommendations construction.Enfermeria intensiva · 2021Article
- Apnea Testing for the Determination of Brain Death: A Systematic Scoping Review.Neurocritical care · 2021Article
- Strategies for hemodynamic maintenance of potential brain-dead donor: integrative review.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2021Review
- Analysis of brain death declaration process and its impact on organ donation in a reference trauma center.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Observational
- The role of neuroimaging in the determination of brain death.Radiologia brasileiraReview
- Validating potential organ and tissue donors in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic: Scoping review and recommendations construction.Enfermeria intensivaArticle
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Abstract
Brain death, defined as the complete and irreversible loss of brain functions, has a history that is linked to the emergence of intensive care units and the advancement of artificial ventilatory support. In Brazil, by federal law, the criteria for the diagnosis of brain death have been defined by the Federal Council of Medicine since 1997 and apply to the entire Brazilian territory. Resolution 2,173/2017 of the Federal Council of Medicine updated the criteria for diagnosing brain death. These changes include the following: the requirement for the patient to meet specific physiological prerequisites and for the physician to provide optimized care to the patient before starting the procedures for diagnosing brain death and to perform complementary tests, as well as the need for specific training for physicians who make this diagnosis. Other changes include the reduction of the time interval between the two clinical examinations, the possibility of continuing procedures in the presence of unilateral ear or eye injury, the performance of a single apnea test and the creation of a statement of brain death determination that includes the recording of all procedures in a single document. This document, despite the controversy surrounding it, increases the safety necessary when establishing a diagnosis of such importance and has positive implications that extend beyond the patient and the physician to reach the entire health system.
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