What is Brain Death?

what is brain death

Recientemente, ha habido varias historias en las noticias sobre pacientes hospitalizados que han sido declarados con muerte cerebral. Algunas de esas historias (y los comentarios sobre ellas) fueron confusas, e incluso engañosas, para el público sobre lo que significa la muerte cerebral.

Este artículo de Detroit Free Press, en el contexto de una de esas situaciones recientes, hace un buen trabajo al explicar la muerte cerebral y las pruebas que se completan para diagnosticarla.

Creemos que es importante saber que la muerte cerebral existe independientemente de la donación de órganos. Nadie es declarado con muerte cerebral para facilitar la donación de órganos. Los equipos médicos involucrados en la donación y el trasplante de órganos no participan en la declaración de muerte cerebral. Si la donación de órganos no existiera, la muerte cerebral aún existiría.

Gift of Life Michigan Me gustaría extender nuestras más profundas condolencias a la familia Reyes, cuyo hijo Bobby se menciona en este artículo.

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