Brain death: physiologic definitions.
Brain death describes the clinical state of totally absent central nervous system function in a hemodynamically stable, normothermic, nonintoxicated patient, which is followed inevitably by cardiovascular collapse. This article outlines the evolution of the concept of brain death and its current definition and legal status.
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