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Here, we report our preliminary findings on using QP for clinical brain death (BD) determination.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Materials<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This retrospective study included 17 patients \u2265 18 years (mean age, 57.3 years; standard deviation, 15.8 years) with confirmed BD, as defined by German Guidelines for the determination of BD. The PLR was tested using the NPi\u00ae-200 Pupillometer (Neuroptics, Laguna Hill, USA), a handheld infrared device automatically tracking and analyzing pupil dynamics over 3 s. In addition, pupil diameter and neurological pupil index (NPi) were also evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Intracerebral bleeding, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and hypoxic encephalopathy were the most prevalent causes of BD. In all patients, the NPi was 0 for both eyes, indicating the cessation of mid-brain function. The mean diameter was 4.9 mm (\u00b1 1.3) for the right pupil and 5.2 mm (\u00b11.2) for the left pupil.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>QP is a valuable tool for the BD certification process to assess the loss of PLR due to the cessation of brain stem function. Furthermore, implementing QP before the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in brain-injured patients may reduce the rate of missed organ donation opportunities. Further studies are warranted to substantiate the feasibility and potential of this technique in treating patients and identify suitable candidates for this technique during the BD certification process.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10072-023-07251-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,12]],"date-time":"2023-12-12T01:02:27Z","timestamp":1702342947000},"page":"2165-2170","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The use of quantitative pupillometry in brain death determination: preliminary findings"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"45","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3842-0783","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pavlina","family":"Lenga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"K\u00fchlwein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvia","family":"Sch\u00f6nenberger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jan-Oliver","family":"Neumann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andreas W.","family":"Unterberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Beynon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"7251_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"A definition of irreversible coma (1968) Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death. 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