An Update on Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria since the World Brain Death Project

Ariane Lewis

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1786020

Seminars in Neurology, Table of Contents

Semin Neurol 2024; 44(03): 236-262
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786020

Review Article

An Update on Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria since the World Brain Death Project

Ariane Lewis

¹Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York

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Abstract

The World Brain Death Project (WBDP) is a 2020 international consensus statement that provides historical background and recommendations on brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) determination. It addresses 13 topics including: (1) worldwide variance in BD/DNC, (2) the science of BD/DNC, (3) the concept of BD/DNC, (4) minimum clinical criteria for BD/DNC determination, (5) beyond minimum clinical BD/DNC determination, (6) pediatric and neonatal BD/DNC determination, (7) BD/DNC determination in patients on ECMO, (8) BD/DNC determination after treatment with targeted temperature management, (9) BD/DNC documentation, (10) qualification for and education on BD/DNC determination, (11) somatic support after BD/DNC for organ donation and other special circumstances, (12) religion and BD/DNC: managing requests to forego a BD/DNC evaluation or continue somatic support after BD/DNC, and (13) BD/DNC and the law. This review summarizes the WBDP content on each of these topics and highlights relevant work published from 2020 to 2023, including both the 192 citing publications and other publications on BD/DNC. Finally, it reviews questions for future research related to BD/DNC and emphasizes the need for national efforts to ensure the minimum standards for BD/DNC determination described in the WBDP are included in national BD/DNC guidelines and due consideration is given to the recommendations about social and legal aspects of BD/DNC determination.

Keywords

brain death - ethics - legal - death by neurologic criteria

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