The purpose of this study is to describe the use of methods confirming brain death in the real clinical practice of the transplant program in the Czech Republic.
Organ donation is possible in the Czech Republic only after meeting the legislative requirements. These require confirmation of brain death by one of the statutory methods before organ harvesting. The use of these methods in clinical practice has not yet been described.The aim of this retrospective observational study is to describe the use of these methods in the real clinical practice of the transplant program in the Czech Republic, taking into account the legislation of other European countries.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
University Hospital Brno
Brno, Czechia
RECRUITINGAngiography
Cerebral panangiography
Time frame: within 24 hours after the onset of signs of brain death
Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
Time frame: within 24 hours after the onset of signs of brain death
Brain scintigraphy
Brain scintigraphy
Time frame: within 24 hours after the onset of signs of brain death
Cerebral computed tomography angiography
Cerebral computed tomography angiography
Time frame: within 24 hours after the onset of signs of brain death
Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography
Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography
Time frame: within 24 hours after the onset of signs of brain death
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