Brain Death: Diagnosis and Clinical Application

Brain death has a story of nearly one full century. In most cases brain death occurs as a sequelae toincreased intracranial pressure. Nearly every neurosurgeon has experienced it. In addition, neurologist,emergency care physicians and intensivists may also experienced brain death state. However it is unlikelythat all clinicians will encounter this condition. The fact is that there are a large number of medicalprofessional lacking on criteria of drain death. A particular aim of this article is to give every neurosurgeonand intensivist sufficient theoretical knowledge to feel confident in diagnosing brain death