MH10 Brain death

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Persistent apnoeic coma due to irreversible cessation brainstem, cerebellar and cortical activity as seen clinically by no eye opening or eye movement to noxious stimuli, no motor and verbal response, no brain stem and spinal reflexes corneal, cough, vestibuloocular and respiratory, and no cerebral electrical activity as seen by EEG, no cerebral blood flow as seen by cerebral angiogram (conventional, MR, CT, Doppler) and no metabolic activity evidenced by SPECT or PET lasting for more than 24 hours due to irreversible diffuse lesion of the brain not due to hypothermia, sedative drug, neuromuscular blocker overdose or metabolic abnormality without evidence of peripheral circulatory shock.

synonyms

• Brain death
• Neurologically determined death

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