What constitutes brain death? Depends on which hospital you're in, study finds

Monday, December 28, 2015 - 20:40 in Health & Medicine

A new study finds that when it comes to diagnosing brain death, policies that vary from hospital to hospital could open the door to unthinkable errors. Since 2010, neurologists have had a clear set of standards and procedures to distinguish a brain-dead patient from one who might emerge from an...

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