Pupillometric Evaluation in Patients Declared Brain Dead - a Prospective Quality Control Study
The aim of the study is to verify the reliability of the current purely clinical examination of the pupils (without the support of a pupillometer) in the context of clinically suspected brain death, compared to the results of a non-invasive, automated, and highly precise monocular pupillometric examination.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Suspected diagnosis of brain death Brain death diagnostic procedures planned Treated at the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Basel (USB) - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult - StudyPopulation: The patient population is defined as all adult patients (i.e. ≥18 years of age) treated on the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Basel (USB) in whom the treating physicians suspect brain death and plan to perform brain death diagnostic procedures. - SamplingMethod: Non-Probability Sample