脑死亡是指大脑皮层、小脑及脑干的不可逆损害和功能的丧失。这一概念是由美国哈佛大学医学院于1968年首次提出的。随着现代急救医学的发展和器官移植技术的进步,脑死亡作为与心肺死亡等同的概念已逐渐为许多国家所采用。 小儿脑死亡的诊断研究在我国才刚起步。国外对小儿脑死亡诊断标准的研究尚存在一些争议。虽然已 Brain death refers to the irreversible damage and loss of function of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and brain stem. This concept was first proposed by the Harvard Medical School in 1968. With the development of modern emergency medicine and the advancement of organ transplantation, the concept of brain death as equivalent to cardiopulmonary death has gradually been adopted by many countries. Diagnosis of pediatric brain death has just started in our country. There is still some controversy about the diagnostic criteria of pediatric brain death abroad. Although already