Brain Death and Importance of Preserving Organs of Brain-Dead Donors in Intensive Care Unit
LEGISLATIONS OF TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (TRNC) Brain death was defined by two French neurologists who first described the concept in 1959 by detecting irreversible brain damage in 23 patients. Since then, the patients who are diagnosed as brain dead are considered to be the most important factors in terms of giving hope to other patients undergoing treatment for organ failure and waiting for organ transplant.