TY - JOUR T1 - The diagnosis of death by neurological criteria in infants less than 2 months old: RCPCH guideline 2015 JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 186 LP - 186 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309706 VL - 101 IS - 4 AU - Dilshad Marikar Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/4/186.abstract N2 - This report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) presents evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of death by neurological criteria (DNC) in infants aged between 37 weeks corrected gestation and 2 months post term.The preconditions specified in the 2008 Academy of Medical Royal College's (AoMRC's) code of practice1 should be fulfilled:The patient is in a coma and requiring mechanical ventilation for apnoea.A diagnosis of structural brain damage … ER -