Lungs From the Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death Donor: Perspectives From the United States and Beyond

Although death by neurologic criteria (brain death) is legally recognized throughout the United States, state laws and clinical practice vary concerning three key issues: (1) the medical standards used to determine death by neurologic criteria, (2) management of family objections before determination of death by neurologic criteria, and (3) management of religious objections to declaration of death by neurologic criteria. The American Academy of Neurology and other medical stakeholder organizations involved in the determination of death by neurologic criteria have undertaken concerted action to address variation in clinical practice in order to ensure the integrity of brain death determination. To complement this effort, state policymakers must revise legislation on the use of neurologic criteria to declare death. We review the legal history and current laws regarding neurologic criteria to declare death and offer proposed revisions to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) and the rationale for these recommendations.

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Lung Quality and Utilization in Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death Within the United States

American Journal of Transplantation ◽

10.1111/ajt.13599 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 1207-1215 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

J. J. Mooney ◽

H. Hedlin ◽

P. K. Mohabir ◽

R. Vazquez ◽

J. Nguyen ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Determination Of Death

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Brain Death — Too Flawed to Endure, Too Ingrained to Abandon

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1111/j.1748-720x.2007.00136.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 273-281 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

Robert D. Truog

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Brain Death ◽

The United States ◽

Determination Of Death ◽

Medical Standards ◽

The World ◽

The Brain ◽

Irreversible Cessation ◽

Made In

The concept of brain death was recently described as being “at once well settled and persistently unresolved.” Every day, in the United States and around the world, physicians diagnose patients as brain dead, and then proceed to transplant organs from these patients into others in need. Yet as well settled as this practice has become, brain death continues to be the focus of controversy, with two journals in bioethics dedicating major sections to the topic within the last two years.By way of background, the Uniform Determination of Death Act states that “[a]n individual who has sustained either: (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.” In other words, death can be defined by either cardiorespiratory or neurological criteria, with “brain death” representing the loss of all brain function. This standard, or closely related variants, has become the accepted approach throughout the United States and in many parts of the world.

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Contentious Ethical and Legal Aspects of Determination of Brain Death

Seminars in Neurology ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1668075 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (05) ◽

pp. 576-582 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ariane Lewis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Brain Death ◽

The United States ◽

Legal Aspects ◽

Determination Of Death ◽

The World ◽

Death By Neurologic Criteria ◽

Role Of Religion

AbstractAlthough the concept of death by neurologic criteria is accepted throughout much of the world and death can legally be determined by neurologic criteria throughout the United States, the process is fraught with contentious ethical and legal controversies. I explore historic and contemporary ethical and legal disputes about determination of death by neurologic criteria including the need for consent from patients' surrogates prior to determination of death, the role of religion in determination of death, management of objections to determination of death by neurologic criteria, the approach to patients who are dead by neurologic criteria but are pregnant, and gamete retrieval after determination of death.

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAMERAL CHECKS PROCESS IN RUSSIA BASED ON FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Russian science: actual researches and developments,Part 1 ◽

10.46554/russian.science-2020.03-1-835/838 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Darya Sergeevna Kareva ◽

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Sevinj Mahmud kyzy Ismailova ◽

Elena Evgenievna Dozhdva ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Experience ◽

Correct Determination

The article substantiates the need to reform cameral tax control in Russia based on the experience of the United States. The necessity of introducing into the procedure of cameral control the mechanism of requesting all documents confirming the correct determination of tax obligations is determined. The aim of improving the process of desk audits of control is that the new procedure for conducting audits will reduce the likelihood of tax violations.

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The Theory of Wetting, and the Determination of the Wetting Power of Dipping and Spraying Fluids containing a Soap Basis

The Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.1017/s0021859600002641 ◽

1915 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 219-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

W. F. Cooper ◽

W. H. Nuttall

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

Active Substance ◽

Sodium Arsenite ◽

The United States ◽

Active Constituent ◽

Wetting Power ◽

The Government

The dipping of sheep and cattle, as a means of eradicating ‘scab,’ lice, ticks, etc., and the diseases which it is now known the latter may transmit, has met with such success, that compulsory dipping is now in vogue in most pastoral countries. Where compulsory dipping obtains, there must of necessity be some system of the standardisation of dips. In Queensland and South Africa, the respective Governments issue official formulae from which the stockbreeder can prepare his own dipping fluid. Only such proprietary dips, as are duly recognised by the Government, may be employed. In the United States, the regulations for the sale of proprietary dips are still more stringent. The quantity of active substance, usually sodium arsenite, nicotine or cresylic acid, is defined within very narrow limits. Further, no proprietary dip is now recognised, unless the manufacturer can furnish a ‘Field Tester,’ by means of which the stockbreeder can himself determine, in a simple and fairly trustworthy manner, the percentage of active constituent in his bath.

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