ISSN: 1308-1020
Hakkında: Özel Sayılar şeklinde yayınlanır.
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Brain Death
Dr. Lütfi TELCİa
aAnesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon ABD, Yoğun Bakım BD, İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, İSTANBUL
Declaration and description of death has been an issue throughout the history of mankind. Because the nature of death ongoing process, the order of the medical declaration and the legal obligations encompasses as to report the time of death has regained new dimensions after the introduction of the concept of brain death. There will definitely be a time lap between "medical death" and "death" This issue will be resolved with the collaboration of science, law, religion and information. We can talk about a social progress only after relatives of the dead, hospital managers and the journalists develop manner to finalize this "process" without dragging it to chaos. The three implications for description are 1. Irreversible coma 2.Absence of brain stem reflexes and 3.ApneaKeywords: Brain death; tissue and organ procurementTurkiye Klinikleri J Nephrol-Special Topics 2008, 1:17-20
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