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The Role of Transcranial Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis of Brain Death

• 2017
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Authors Eman Fathy Abd El-Khalek
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Abstract
Brain death is defined as the irreversible loss of all functions of the brain, including the brainstem. The three essential findings in brain death are coma, absence of brainstem reflexes and apnea. An evaluation for brain death should be considered in patients who have suffered a massive, irreversible brain injury of identifiable cause. A patient determined to be dead is legally and clinically dead (Choi E.K. et al., 2008).