ArticleNorthern clinics of Istanbul2024
Evaluation of patients diagnosed with brain death in the intensive care unit: 10 years of tertiary center experience in Istanbul.
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- Etiology- and age-specific timing of death by neurologic criteria evaluation and declaration in clinical practice.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Article
- Reliability of EEG in brain death diagnosis: an analysis of clinical and technical factors.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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objectiveEarly and accurate diagnosis of brain death in intensive care units (ICU) is essential for organ transplantation. This study aimed to evaluate the cases diagnosed with brain death in the ICU of a tertiary center in Istanbul.
methodsThe cases diagnosed as brain death in the ICU during the ten years between January 2013 and September 2022 were evaluated retrospectively. The demographic characteristics of the patients, the diagnosis of hospitalization in the ICU, the time from arrival to the ICU until the diagnosis of brain death, the somatic survival time after the diagnosis of brain death, the acceptance rate of organ donation by the families and the organs removed were evaluated.
resultsA total of 44 patients were diagnosed with brain death. The mean age of the cases was 39.7±17.4 years, and 63% were male. The most common hospitalization diagnosis was intracranial hemorrhage (81.8%). Traffic accidents, hypertensive and aneurysm-related hemorrhages, gunshot wounds, and falls from height were the most common causes of intracranial hemorrhage. Patients were admitted to the ICU most frequently from the emergency department (54%). The mean time to brain death was 7.9±6.2 days, and the somatic survival time was 1.9±1.9 days in patients who did not receive organ transplantation. While the apnea test was positive in 91% of the cases, the apnea test could not be completed in 9% of the cases. While relatives of 7% (n=3) of the cases accepted organ donation, a patient was not allowed to be an organ donor for medical reasons. Organ transplantation was performed in two patients (5%).
conclusionAs in the whole world, getting treatment as soon as possible for the patients waiting on the organ transplant list in Turkiye by increasing the number of organs to be obtained from cadavers. In cases with suspected brain death in the ICU, diagnosing brain death as soon as possible and conducting family interviews with trained organ transplant coordinators will increase the number of cadaver donors. However, we think policies should be developed to ensure that society is informed and encouraged about brain death and organ donation.
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