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To the Editor: We were surprised by the description of a patient's demise at the end of the presentation of Case 32-1997 (Oct. 16 issue),¹ which concluded: "The patient was declared brain-dead. She died after life-support measures were terminated."

Since the definition of brain death was established by the Ad Hoc Harvard Committee in 1968,² the determination of death has been based on either of the following medical criteria: irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.³

The description of events in Case 32-1997 is of more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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