Neurol. praxi. 2025;26(2):117-121 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2024.082
The obligation and conditions of confirmatory brain death examinations are determined by the legislation of the respective country. Ancillary examinations do not allow for the possibility of a false positive (confirmation of death in a living individual). It is desirable that the methodology of examination and evaluation is clear, precise and uniform. The methodology of auditory evoked responses (BAEP) is based on official international recommendations and is adapted to intensive care unit (ICU) conditions. BAEP examination before the development of craniocaudal deterioration or augmentation with median nerve somatosensory evoked responses (SEP) increases the reliability (sensitivity) of ancillary testing performed after all clinical conditions for a diagnosis of brain death according to neurological criteria (BD/DNC) have been met.
Received: September 10, 2024; Revised: November 25, 2024; Accepted: December 12, 2024; Prepublished online: December 12, 2024; Published: May 5, 2025 Show citation
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