Brain Death Diagnosis at an Academic Tertiary Medical Care Center

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Brain Death

Treatments: Other: Assessment of process required to diagnose brain death in adult patients

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03984981

2019-00244 me19Sutter4;

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess and survey the quality of the process required to diagnose brain death in adult patients. This study of adult patients diagnosed brain dead or suspected of having brain death on the ICUs at the University Hospital Basel will be purely observational.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with suspected and/or diagnosed brain death
• adults 18 years and over