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Narrative Reviews

Death

General

Life-Sustaining Therapy Withdrawal

Williams. Delayed Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Disorders of Consciousness: Practical and Theoretical Considerations. Neurocrit Care 2024;epublished October 15th

Bereavement

Rowland. Supporting the bereaved child in the adult ICU: a narrative review. Intensive Care Med 2025;epublished February 12th

Death by Neurological Criteria

General

Larson. Brain death/death by neurologic criteria: What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024;97(2):165-174
Spears. Brain death: a clinical overview. J Intensive Care 2022;10:16
Walter. When is "brainstem death" brain death? The case for ancillary testing in primary infratentorial brain lesion. Clin Neurophysiol 2018;129(11):2451-2465

Confounders

Murphy. Toxicologic Confounders of Brain Death Determination: A Narrative Review. Neurocrit Care 2021;34(3):1072-1089

Paediatrics

Kirschen. The 2023 American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Determination Consensus Guidelines: What the Critical Care Team Needs to Know. Crit Care Med 2024;52(3):376-386

Disagreement

Simpson. Navigating disagreement and conflict in the context of a brain-based definition of death. Can J Anaesth 2023;70(4):724-735

Infratentorial Brain Injury

Shemie. Infratentorial brain injury and death by neurologic criteria in Canada: a narrative review. Can J Anaesth 2023;70(4):781-787

Neuro Critical Care

Gula. Exploring Ethical Dimensions in Neuropalliative Care. Semin Neurol 2024;44(05):534-542

Death by Circulatory Criteria

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