The boy was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where he was declared brain-dead, the official said.
At some point, doctors may have to decide whether to declare him brain-dead - and whether to pull the plug.
Japan didn't legalize organ transplants from brain-dead donors until 1997, according to the Japan Organ Transplant Network, a non-governmental group.
The donor tissue came from a woman who had been declared brain-dead, with the permission of that woman's family, doctors said.
Unfortunately, American civilization has also devised a stunning number of mechanisms to extend the lifespans of ailing financial institutions and brain-dead corporate entities.
But in at least two studies before the 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act, some "brain-dead" patients were found to be emitting brain waves.
This result, though preliminary, suggests it might be possible to establish some sort of dialogue with people who had previously been considered all but brain-dead.
But "The Bourne Legacy" is not just another brain-dead action flick.
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Only the size of the opening explosive and the number of good actors stuck in nothing parts distinguish this slapstick cop movie from brain-dead episodic television.
He said that once a patient has been diagnosed as brain-dead and donation is a possibility, a donor coordinator will approach their family to learn more about the patient's history.
The court is hearing a plea to end the life of Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse in Mumbai who has been paralysed and considered "brain-dead" since she was attacked by a rapist in November 1973.
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The Kidney Federation has campaigned for more effort to be made to take organs from donors other than brain stem-dead patients.
Current BSE-tests can only be applied on the brain of a dead animal during a post-mortem.
Most people are surprised to learn that many people who are declared brain dead are never actually tested for higher-brain activity.
In a 1999 article in the peer-reviewed journal Anesthesiology, Gail A. Van Norman, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Washington, reported a case in which a 30-year-old patient with severe head trauma began breathing spontaneously after being declared brain dead.
This Schumpeter fellow--I didn't even know he was dead--must be one nasty guy, I mused in my Carter-era addled brain.
This Schumpeter fellow--I didn't even know that he was dead--must be one nasty guy, I mused in my Carter era--addled brain.
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