Medisur (Mar 2009)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Encephalic Death Treatment

  • José Roque Nodal Arruebarrena,
  • José Noel Marrero Rodríguez,
  • Argelio Santana Cano,
  • Julio Jova Dueñas

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 243 – 248

Abstract

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Encephalic Death Treatment. It has been defined as the irreversible ceasing of all encephalic functions (cerebral hemispheres, of the encephalic stalk and cerebellum). This document includes the diagnostic criteria and its workflow and comments on the diagnostic tests and its legal aspects. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.

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