Table 1 Characteristics of patients with brain death
From: Somatic survival and organ donation among brain-dead patients in the state of Qatar
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Male | 43 (81) |
Female | 10 (18.9) |
Coronary care unit | 1 (1.9) |
Medical ICU | 34 (63.0) |
Trauma ICU | 8 (14.8) |
Surgical ICU | 11 (20.4) |
Organ donation | 2 (6.6%) |
Etiology of brain death | |
Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH) | 24 (45.3) |
Ischemic Stroke | 9 (17) |
Traumatic brain Injury | 8 (15.1) |
Cardiac arrest (Hypoxic encephalopathy) | 5 (9.3) |
Meningoencephalitis | 2 (3.8) |
Brain tumor with brain stem compression | 1 (1.9) |
Smoke inhalation with diffuse brain edema | 1 (1.9) |
Status asthmaticus | 1 (1.9) |
Brain astrocytoma | 1 (1.9) |