Methods of Confirmation of Brain Death

Brno University Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Organ Donation; Brain Death

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04734574

CT0022020

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥18 years
• organ donor

Exclusion criteria

• age under 18 years