title: [Determination of brain death].
abstract: We present diagnostic criteria of brain death determination that were determinated by physicians based on physical signs, "tests of death" and confirmatory tests. All standards required by Polish law are also presented and discussed. They are compared with recent guidelines published by American Academy of Neurology. Confirmatory tests that are not required by law in Poland are also emphasised. They appear to be of great worth for cases in whom physical signs cannot be reliably interpreted. The aim of this article is to present how the definition of death was being changed for the centuries and what kinds of requirements the law in Poland needs at the beginning of the XXI century.
authors.affiliation: SKN przy Katedrze i Klinice Neurologii AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nojszewska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000592:standards; D011044:Poland; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Orzekanie o śmierci mózgu.