Harvard Criteria

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Harvard Criteria

A series of 4 parameters delineated by the Harvard Medical School ad hoc committee for irreversible coma

Harvard criteria

A series of 4 parameters delineated by the the Harvard Medical School ad hoc committee for irreversible coma

Harvard criteria for brain death

• Unreceptivity and unresponsiveness

• No movement or breathing

• No reflexes

• Flat electroencephalogram (confirmatory)

In addition, the following must be present

• Body temperature ≥32º C

• Absence of CNS depressants

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