Dealing with Families of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: How Long to Treat, When to Turn Off Support, Organ Donation

2022 ◽  
pp. 477-487
Author(s):  
Maya A. Babu
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Severe Brain Injury

Confronting the grey zone after severe brain injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Peterson ◽  
Adrian M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Vegetative State ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Legal Decision Making ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Brain

In recent years, rapid technological developments in the field of neuroimaging have provided several new methods for revealing thoughts, actions and intentions based solely on the pattern of activity that is observed in the brain. In specialized centres, these methods are now being employed routinely to assess residual cognition, detect consciousness and even communicate with some behaviorally non-responsive patients who clinically appear to be comatose or in a vegetative state. In this article, we consider some of the ethical issues raised by these developments and the profound implications they have for clinical care, diagnosis, prognosis and medical-legal decision-making after severe brain injury.

End-of-life practices in patients with devastating brain injury in Spain: Implications for organ donation

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-173
Author(s):  
B. Domínguez-Gil ◽  
E. Coll ◽  
T. Pont ◽  
M. Lebrón ◽  
E. Miñambres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
End Of Life

scholarly journals Simplified evaluation of CONsciousness disorders (SECONDs) in individuals with severe brain injury: A validation study

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 101432
Author(s):  
Charlène Aubinet ◽  
Helena Cassol ◽  
Olivier Bodart ◽  
Leandro R.D. Sanz ◽  
Sarah Wannez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
Consciousness Disorders

The Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia test for the detection of language impairment in patients with severe brain injury

Brain Injury ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Charlène Aubinet ◽  
Camille Chatelle ◽  
Sophie Gillet ◽  
Nicolas Lejeune ◽  
Margot Thunus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
Receptive Aphasia

scholarly journals Swallowing disorders in severe brain injury in the arousal stage

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. e49-e50
Author(s):  
A. Bremare ◽  
A. Rapin ◽  
B. Veber ◽  
F. Beuret Blanquart ◽  
E. Verin
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Swallowing Disorders ◽  
Severe Brain Injury

Complex Specialized Rehabilitation Following Severe Brain Injury

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyaw Nyein ◽  
Aung Thu ◽  
Lynne Turner-Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Brain Injury

ECG Artifact and BIS in Severe Brain Injury

2005 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 1566-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
G D. Puri ◽  
D Nakra
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Brain Injury

Resolution of brain edema in severe brain injury at controlled high and low intracranial pressures

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meihong Cao ◽  
He Lisheng ◽  
Sun Shouzheng
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Edema ◽  
External Ventricular Drainage ◽  
Blue Dye ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intracranial Pressures ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein

✓ A series of 87 patients with severe brain injury were studied. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and external ventricular drainage were used to control ICP at high and low levels. Clearance of ytterbium-169-labeled diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (169Yb-DTPA), Evans blue dye, and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid protein was measured at the two ICP levels over consecutive periods of 4 hours to confirm clearance of brain edema. The results support the hypothesis that brain edema is in part absorbed in the cerebrospinal fluid via transventricular flow.

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