Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults (2nd edition)

Statement: In 2013, we published "Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults (BQCC version)" in Chinese Medical Journal (Chin Med J 2013, 126:4786–4790). Since then, China has the standard for the determination of brain death. In order to further promote the brain death related work, Brain Injury Evaluation Quality Control Center of National Health Commission (BQCC) aimed to revise and update "Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults". This 2018 new edition was based on the 5-year clinical practice of brain death determination, BQCC quality control analysis of brain death cases, and the opinions and suggestions of BQCC expert committees, technical committees and advisory committees. We hope that the development of brain death determination will be more standardized and orderly in China.

中国儿童脑死亡判定标准与操作规范

脑死亡是包括脑干在内的全脑功能不可逆丧失。本标准适用于29 d^18岁的儿童。判定前必须满足先决条件(昏迷原因明确并排除各种原因的可逆性昏迷),主要判定内容包括临床判定(深昏迷、脑干反射消失、无自主呼吸)和确认试验(脑电图、经颅多普勒、短潜伏期体感诱发电位),临床判定和2项确认试验结果均符合脑死亡判定标准,并完成2次判定后,方可最终确认为脑死亡。脑死亡判定医师必须经过规范化脑死亡判定培训并获得资质。