title: Confounding Brain Stem Function During Pediatric Brain Death Determination: Two Case Reports.
abstract: A patient who has been declared brain dead is considered to be both legally and clinically dead. However, we report 2 pediatric cases in which the patients demonstrated clinical signs of brain stem function that are not recognized or tested in current Canadian or US guidelines.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.|3 John Dossetor Health Ethics Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Ari R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Joffe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male
keywords: apnea/diagnosis; brain death; child