AI in Palliative Care Decision-Making in Brain Death

Abstract

Abstract—Predicting the recovery or death of a brain-dead patient using AI presents both ethical and medical challenges. Brain death is a state in which a person has irreversibly lost all brain function, including the brainstem, and is legally considered dead in many countries. Once brain death is diagnosed, there is no chance of recovery. However, the body can sometimes remain on life support, with the heart continuing to beat for a period of time. To uphold the value of human life, our application offers a second opinion to assist families and medical professionals in making informed decisions about a patient's condition before concluding whether recovery is possible after a diagnosis of brain death.