Setzer N
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Crit Care Clin. 1985 Jul;1(2):375-96.
Brain death describes the clinical state of totally absent central nervous system function in a hemodynamically stable, normothermic, nonintoxicated patient, which is followed inevitably by cardiovascular collapse. This article outlines the evolution of the concept of brain death and its current definition and legal status.
脑死亡描述的是在血流动力学稳定、体温正常、未中毒的患者中,中枢神经系统功能完全丧失的临床状态,这种状态不可避免地会导致心血管功能衰竭。本文概述了脑死亡概念的演变及其当前的定义和法律地位。