Diagnosis of Death Using Neurological Criteria in Children: The U.K. Experience, 2015–2023*

During the 8 years, 2015-2023, out of 824 children younger than 18 years old suspected of being dead using neurologic criteria, close to one-in-three did not proceed to formal testing. In 2020-2023, DNC in U.K. PICUs accounted for 6.2% of all death. Last, in young children up to 2 years old, the average experience of diagnosing and confirming DNC across each of the 30 U.K. PICUs was one patient every other year.