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NATIONAL
KIDNEY FOUNDATION, RIYADH
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
BRAIN DEATH COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Dr.
Abdulatif Aldrees, MD
Consultant Transplant Surgeon
Director, National Kidney Foundation, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MEMBERS
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Dr.
Mohammed A. Seraj.
MD
Associate Professor and Medical Director of
Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, King Khalid University Hospital,
Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dr.
Talat Al-Wazna, MD
Consultant Neurologist,
Riyadh Central Hospital
Ministry of Health, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
Dr.
Zuhair Al-Qawi, MD
Consultant Neurologist,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research
Centre, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dr.
Mohammed Al-Bar, MD
Consultant in
Islamic Medicine
King Abdul Aziz University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
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FOREWORD
Brain death is an accepted diagnosis in the field of medicine
today and cadaveric kidney transplantation has now become a
well-established modality of therapy of end-stage renal
failure all over the world.
Many patients with ESRD now lead normal lives
after renal transplantation, a great many among them, because
of the kidneys obtained from cadaveric donors.
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the true era of cadaveric
kidney transplantation started in 1986 after the establishment
of the National Kidney Foundation.
Since its inception, the cadaveric kidney
transplantation program has depended on the close cooperation
of colleagues handling cases of brain death.
We acknowledge their endeavour in diagnosing brain
death as well as in harvesting the much-needed organs.
This protocol is intended as a guide for these
colleagues, as well as for others, who are involved in
managing patients diagnosed to have this mode of death.
It describes the methodology for the diagnosis of brain
death currently followed by all hospitals in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and gives valuable information regarding
management of potential cadaveric donors till the time of
harvesting of the organs.
In addition, it describes the procedure to be followed
in obtaining consent for organ donation from families within
the Kingdom as well as abroad.
The
Brain death Committee of National Kidney Foundation has
performed valuable service by producing this document, which
will be immensely useful to all medical professionals handling
brain death cases.
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Dr.
Abdulatif Aldrees, MD
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