Criteria for Diagnosing Brain Death | QScience.com

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Volume 2003, Issue 1

ISSN: 0253-8253
EISSN: 2227-0426

oa Criteria for Diagnosing Brain Death
By Magdi Hassan Osman¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Department Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2003, Issue 1, Jun 2003,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2003.1.30
- Published online: 01 June 2003

Abstract

Definition:

Brain death is the cessation and irreversibility of all brain function, including brain stem.

© 2003 Osman licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.

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