Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-06-24T14:03:27 RDF description of Brain death/death by neurologic criteria: what you need to know [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn36815 39352 document-rn36815 2024-08-01T00:41:25.303-05:00 Brain 10.1097/ta.0000000000004266 <p>Since the beginning of time, man has been intrigued with the question of when a person is considered dead. Traditionally, death has been considered the cessation of all cardiorespiratory function. At the end of the last century a new definition was introduced into the lexicon surrounding death in addition to cessation of cardiac and respiratory function: Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria (BD/DNC). There are medical, legal, ethical, and even theological controversies that surround this diagnosis. In addition, there is no small amount of confusion among medical practitioners regarding the diagnosis of BD/DNC. For families enduring the devastating development of BD/DNC in their loved one, it is the duty of the principal caregiver to provide a transparent presentation of the clinical situation and clear definitive explanation of what constitutes BD/DNC. In this report, we present a historical outline of the development of BD/DNC as a clinical entity, specifically how one goes about making a determination of BD/DNC, what steps are taken once a diagnosis of BD/DNC is made, a brief discussion of some of the ethical/moral issues surrounding this diagnosis, and finally the caregiver approach to the family of a patient who had been declared with BD/DNC. It is our humble hope that with a greater understanding of the myriad of complicated issues surrounding the diagnosis of BD/DNC that the bedside caregiver can provide needed closure for both the patient and the family enduring this critical time in their life.<p> The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Critical Care 97 Physical Examination Mortality Brain death/death by neurologic criteria: what you need to know [review] 2 public 22816 review