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BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION - …
DISCLAIMER: These guidelines were prepared by the Department of Surgical Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center. They are intended to serve as a general statement regarding appropriate patient care practices based upon the available medical literature and clinical expertise at the time of development. They should not be considered to be accepted protocol or policy, nor are intended to replace clinical judgment or dictate care of individual patients. BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION / APNEA TESTING. SUMMARY. BRAIN DEATH occurs as a result of absent cerebral blood flow secondary to traumatic injury or critical illness. BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION is a clinical diagnosis, confirmed by a thorough and well documented neurologic examination in conjunction with a positive apnea test (lack of spontaneous respiratory efforts in the presence of an elevated PaCO2).
DISCLAIMER: These guidelines were prepared by the Department of Surgical Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center. They are intended to serve as a general statement regarding appropriate patient care practices based upon the available medical
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