Neuroanesthesia & neurocritical care
Brain Death Contestation: A Scoping Review of Its Incidence and Management
Authors' conclusion
Clinicians report encountering BD/DNC contestation. Detailed, flexible management approaches are necessary, but data and recommendations to guide management are lacking.
Study context
- Population
- Publications detailing experiences with contested brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) cases, 2014 to January 2025
- Participants
- 26 eligible publications
- Outcome
- Experiences with family contestation of BD/DNC and strategies for managing contested cases
Methodological detailsPRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews methodology
- PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews methodology
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Eligible publications identified
- 26
- Case reports or case series
- 8
- Research studies
- 13
- Professional society guidelines or position papers
- 5
- Publications from the US
- 20
Original publication
Brain Death Contestation: A Scoping Review of Its Incidence and Management. Crit Care Med. Published 27 November 2025. doi:10.
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