Apparently Recovering Breath Function in Brain Death
Brain death (BD) is that someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. After brain function had ceased, somatic function being sustained by mechanical ventilation tbr a long time. Further treatment is inappropriate in a dead patient. Hence, in many c...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chinese medical journal 2015-11, Vol.128 (21), p.2969-2971 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Brain death (BD) is that someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. After brain function had ceased, somatic function being sustained by mechanical ventilation tbr a long time. Further treatment is inappropriate in a dead patient. Hence, in many countries, the law provides that treatment can be legitimately removed from a patient who was diagnosed BD and the donation of organs for transplantation can start. |
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ISSN: | 0366-6999 2542-5641 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0366-6999.168079 |