Table 1.
Titles of articles included in the Journal’s Special Issue on Death Determination in Canada
| Article title | Article type |
|---|---|
| 1. A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a clinical practice guideline (this article) | Special Article |
| 2. Editors’ Note: The evolution of critical care content in the Journal and a “special” Special Issue | Editors’ Note |
| 3. Answering global challenges to the determination of death: consensus-building leadership from Canada (Guest Editors)61 | Editorial |
| 4. An updated practice guideline for death determination: one giant leap for the field led by Canada | Editorial |
| Definition of death | |
| 5. Rationale for revisions to the definition of death and criteria for its determination in Canada6 | Special Article |
| 6. Legal considerations for the definition of death in the 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death Clinical Practice Guideline7 | Review Article |
| 7. Balancing values: implications of a brain-based definition of death for pluralism in Canada62 | Reflections |
| 8. Does infratentorial brain injury fulfill death determination by neurologic criteria in Canada?31 | Review Article |
| 9. What does “brainstem death” mean? A review of international protocols26 | Report of Original Investigation |
| 10. The reticular activating system: a narrative review of discovery, evolving understanding, and relevance to current formulations of brain death30 | Review Article |
| Criteria for death determination | |
| 11. Consent for death determination by neurologic criteria in Canada: an analysis of legal and ethical authorities, and consensus-based working group recommendations32 | Special Article |
| 12. Monitoring cessation of circulation for death determination by circulatory criteria: a systematic review40 | Review Article |
| 13. Brain-based arterial pulse pressure threshold for death determination: a systematic review41 | Review Article |
| 14. Autoresuscitation after circulatory arrest: an updated systematic review42 | Review Article |
| 15. Variability in criteria for death determination in the intensive care unit63 | Report of Original Investigation |
| 16. Potential pharmacological confounders in the setting of death determined by neurologic criteria: a narrative review44 | Review Article |
| 17. Ancillary investigations for death determination in infants and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis47 | Review Article |
| 18. Radionuclide scintigraphy as an ancillary test for death determination in infants under two months of age54 | Correspondence |
| 19. Diagnostic accuracy of ancillary tests for death determination by neurologic criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis46 | Review Article |
| 20. Ancillary radionuclide perfusion studies in the determination of death by neurologic criteria: methods, interpretation, lexicon—a user guide for the clinician51 | Review Article |
| Communicating with substitute decision makers/families | |
| 21. Death determination by neurologic criteria—what do families understand?3 | Report of Original Investigation |
| 22. When is a person dead? The Canadian public’s understanding of death and death determination: a nationwide survey4 | Report of Original Investigation |
| 23. Navigating disagreement and conflict in the context of a brain-based definition of death5 | Review Article |
| 24. Trust and conflict in death determination—reflections on the legacy of Taquisha McKitty64 | Reflections |
| Future research | |
| 25. Knowledge gaps in the definition and determination of death58 | Reflections |
| 26. Delayed recovery from severe refractory intracranial hypertension due to expansion of skin and pericranium stretch after decompressive craniectomy | Case Report |
| 27. Implications of the updated Canadian Death Determination Guidelines for organ donation interventions that restore circulation after determination of death by circulatory criteria65 | Reflections |
| 28. Nontherapeutic research with imminently dying and recently deceased study populations: addressing practice and ethical challenges39 | Reflections |