International guideline development for the determination of death

INTRODUCTION AND METHODS: This report summarizes the results of the first phase in the development of international guidelines for death determination, focusing on the biology of death and the dying process, developed by an invitational forum of international content experts and representatives of a number of professional societies.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Precise terminology was developed in order to improve clarity in death discussion and debate. Critical events in the physiological sequences leading to cessation of neurological and/or circulatory function were constructed. It was agreed that death determination is primarily clinical and recommendations for preconditions, confounding factors, minimum clinical standards and additional testing were made. A single operational definition of human death was developed: 'the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brainstem functions, as a consequence of permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury'. In order to complete the project, in the next phase, a broader group of international stakeholders will develop clinical practice guidelines, based on comprehensive reviews and grading of the existing evidence.

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CommentIn: Intensive Care Med. 2015 Mar;41(3):571. - PMID 25708418

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Intensive care medicine - 40(2014), 6 vom: 28. Juni, Seite 788-97

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shemie, Sam D [VerfasserIn]
Hornby, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Baker, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Teitelbaum, Jeanne [VerfasserIn]
Torrance, Sylvia [VerfasserIn]
Young, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Capron, Alexander M [VerfasserIn]
Bernat, James L [VerfasserIn]
Noel, Luc [VerfasserIn]
The International Guidelines for Determination of Death phase 1 participants, in collaboration with the World Health Organization [VerfasserIn]
Abdelhak, Tamer [Sonstige Person]
Beloucif, Sadek [Sonstige Person]
Ammar, Mohammed Salah Ben [Sonstige Person]
Baker, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Bernat, James L [Sonstige Person]
Black, Peter [Sonstige Person]
Bleck, Thomas [Sonstige Person]
Bohatyrewicz, Romuald [Sonstige Person]
Capron, Alexander M [Sonstige Person]
Citerio, Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Dobb, Geoff [Sonstige Person]
Hornby, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Jasim, Waleed [Sonstige Person]
Jimenez, Edgar [Sonstige Person]
Kirste, Günter [Sonstige Person]
Kissoon, Niranjan [Sonstige Person]
Kwek, Tong Kiat [Sonstige Person]
Manara, Alexander [Sonstige Person]
Noel, Luck [Sonstige Person]
Shemie, Sam D [Sonstige Person]
Sinkin, Mikhail [Sonstige Person]
Sprung, Charles L [Sonstige Person]
Sung, Gene [Sonstige Person]
Tallon, John [Sonstige Person]
Teitielbaum, Jeanne [Sonstige Person]
Torrance, Sylvia [Sonstige Person]
Wijdicks, Eelco [Sonstige Person]
Young, G Bryan [Sonstige Person]

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Date Completed 20.02.2015

Date Revised 17.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Intensive Care Med. 2015 Mar;41(3):571. - PMID 25708418

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00134-014-3242-7

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NLM236714511