Transcription of BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION - …
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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.
2 Approved 5/1/2001 Revised 2/15/2005, 10/10/2009, 09/30/2015 hypoxic-ischemic brain insults, fulminant hepatic failure, or severe hypoperfusion (2,3).
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