Common causes of neurologic death in children

Traumatic brain injury

Intracranial hemorrhage

Ischemic/hypoxic insult

Toxic-metabolic encephalopathy

Primary brain stem infarct

Primary low-grade central nervous system tumors

Treated sepsis/meningitis

Vyas, H, Evans, J. Management of a potential organ donor. In: Recent Advances in Pediatrics. David, TJ (Ed), Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd 2002.

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