Intensive care unit
Brain death is when all blood flow to the brain has irreversibly ceased and the whole brain has died. The patient is apnoeic. Ventilation and circulation are mechanically supported which allows function of other organs to continue. Brain death is death that is diagnosed using neurological criteria.
Brain death is when all blood flow to the brain has irreversibly ceased and the whole brain has died. The patient is apnoeic. Ventilation and circulation are mechanically supported which allows function of other organs to continue. Brain death is death that is diagnosed using neurological criteria.