Matloob Azam, Khawaja Ahmed Abbas.
EEG and brain death in children.
Pak J Pathol Nov ;8(3):127-32.

In a retrospective study, clinical and neuropathological characteristics of 25 children who met the criteria for brain death and had a "flat" EEG were analyzed. Age of the patients varied from 3 months to 12 years. All patients included in the study were on ventilator and without brain-stem reflexes at the time of death. After documenting electrocerebral silence on EEG, ventilation was stopped and patients were declared "dead", None of the patient survived. We conclude that a clinically brain dead patient does not need an EEG, and if done and shows electrocerebral silence, patient should be disconnected from the ventilator.

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