Abstract
The diagnosis of brain death (BD) is important in order to decrease the burden of futile care and procure vital and viable organs for donation. The aim of this study was to find clinical features of patients, diagnostic tools used, attitude to BD and donation rate in a teaching hospital for neurologic diseases in Istanbul.
Highlights
The diagnosis of brain death (BD) is important in order to decrease the burden of futile care and procure vital and viable organs for donation
All consecutive BD patients between April 2014-April 2015 were included in this retrospective study
The clinical sign encouraging the clinicians to think BD were brain stem areflexia (39%), decreased Glasgow Coma Scales (GCS) (34.5%), absence of spontaneous breathing (17.5%) and polyuria (9%)
Summary
The diagnosis of brain death (BD) is important in order to decrease the burden of futile care and procure vital and viable organs for donation. The aim of this study was to find clinical features of patients, diagnostic tools used, attitude to BD and donation rate in a teaching hospital for neurologic diseases in Istanbul
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