title: Brain death in children.
abstract: In 1981, the Report of the Medical Consultants on the Diagnosis of Death established guidelines for the diagnosis of brain death and, in 1995, the American Academy of Neurology published practice parameters to standardize determination of brain death. In 1987, the American Academy of Pediatrics established guidelines for determining brain death in children. Despite the establishment of these guidelines, the declaration of "death" based on the cessation of brain function remains complex and controversial. In this review are discussed the current guiding principles and the controversies in the diagnosis of brain death in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. kenneth.banasiak@yale.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Banasiak
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lister
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*