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Neurosurgical Diagnosis of Brain Death in the Peripheral Hospital Preceding Multiorgan Donation

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Head Injuries

Part of the book series: Advances in Neurosurgery ((NEURO,volume 17))

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In recent decades rapid development of intensive care medicine has made dissociated brain death/coma dépassé [3] with artificially maintained cardiorespiratory function a diagnostic problem. After a long period of debate, brain death is today defined as the full clinical picture of brain stem death [1,4,5] with apnea, coma, and loss of brain stem reflexes. With this diagnosis established, organ donation can be considered in appropriate cases. The success of organ donation, however, is critically dependent on rapid and close cooperation between several medical specialties.

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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    W. v. Tempelhoff, C. Sprick & W. J. Bock

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Germany

    Reinhold A. Frowein

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    Mario Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Margareta Klinger

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v. Tempelhoff, W., Sprick, C., Bock, W.J. (1989). Neurosurgical Diagnosis of Brain Death in the Peripheral Hospital Preceding Multiorgan Donation. In: Frowein, R.A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_41

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