title: [On the determination of brain death].
abstract: In a prospective study of 20 cases of brain-stem death, EEG and TCD studies were correlated with clinical findings. We suggest that TCD can be incorporated into institutional protocols as a rapid and useful technique for confirmation of brain death. Our observations underline the need for electrophysiological confirmation (evoked potentials) of brain-stem death in patients with primary infratentorial lesions.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologicznej AM, Warszawie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwieciński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamińska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mieszkowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pniewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
vernacular_title: W sprawie orzekania stanu śmierci mózgu.