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morte cerebral Catalan
mort cerebral Death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops.
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In the other 2 cases, post-traumatic cerebral death occurred and they underwent organ explantation.
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In one case of post-traumatic ARDS, V-A ECLS support permitted multiple organ donation after cerebral death was confirmed.