brain death

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An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity
clinical death, situation in which one's brain is not functioning and a person cannot live without life support
The irreversible loss of all brain function Most states legally define death to include brain death
Occurs when a person’s brain activity stops permanently It is impossible to return to life after brain death
Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. State of irreversible destruction of the brain. Before the invention of life-support systems, brain death always led quickly to death of the body. Ethical considerations are crucial to defining criteria for brain death, which in most countries must be met before efforts to extend life may be ended. Such criteria include deep coma with a known cause, absence of any brainstem functions (e.g., spontaneous respiration, pupil reactions, gag and cough reflexes), and exclusion of hypothermia, drugs, and poison as causes. Electroencephalography is useful but not essential in determining brain death. Organ donors must be declared brain-dead before their organs may be removed for transplant. The question of when life support can legally be ended has been the subject of numerous court cases
An absence of brain function (electrical impulses from the brain) resulting in irreversible unconsciousness
death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
When the brain has permanently stopped working, as determined by the attending physician and appropriate consultants Donor organs can only be taken from persons declared brain dead
The phrase used to describe the establishment of death following irreversible destruction of the brain stem
occurs when damage to the brain results in loss of all brain functions
An absence of messages or electrical impulses from the brain
The absence of any brain activity When this occurs, the patient cannot recover and is considered medically and legally dead
- irreversible cessation of cerebral and brain stem function; characterized by absence of: electrical activity in the brain, blood flow to the brain, and brain function as determined by clinical assessment of responses A brain dead person is dead, although his or her cardiopulmonary functioning may be artificially maintained for some time
A term indicating that the entire brain has permanently stopped working, and that further life is possible only on a life-support machine A person must be diagnosed brain dead before their organs can be removed for a cadaveric transplant
When the brain has permanently stopped working, as determined by a neurological specialist Artificial support systems may maintain functions such as heartbeat and respiration for a few days
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