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¿El cerebro como un todo? Funciones neuroendocrinas y muerte por criterios neurológicos
1Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, MO, USA.
The Linacre quarterly
|August 29, 2025
Resumen
La determinación de la muerte cerebral es compatible con la función neuroendocrina en curso. Esto se debe a que las funciones neuroendocrinas dependen del cerebro en su conjunto, no como funciones vitales independientes.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Neurología
- Filosofía de la medicina
- Teología
Sus antecedentes:
- La muerte cerebral, definida por criterios neurológicos, se centra en la pérdida irreversible de todas las funciones cerebrales, incluido el tronco cerebral.
- La reciente postura de la Academia Americana de Neurología excluye la necesidad de la pérdida de la función neuroendocrina para la determinación de la muerte cerebral.
- Esto plantea preguntas antropológicas con respecto a la aceptación de la muerte cerebral con actividad neuroendocrina continua.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar si aceptar la muerte cerebral a pesar de la función neuroendocrina en curso se alinea con una antropología sólida.
- Para analizar la relación entre la función neuroendocrina y el concepto de muerte cerebral completa.
- Explorar las implicaciones filosóficas y médicas de la función neuroendocrina en los criterios de muerte cerebral.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis filosófico de los escritos de Tomás de Aquino sobre el hialomorfismo y la persona humana.
- El compromiso con la distinción de Maureen Condic entre integración y coordinación en el contexto de la unidad orgánica.
- Examen de la función neuroendocrina como dependiente de la actividad integrada del cerebro en su conjunto.
Principales resultados:
- Las funciones neuroendocrinas no son funciones vitales en sí mismas, sino que dependen de la integridad general del cerebro.
- Una comprensión hilomórfica de la persona humana apoya la aceptación de la muerte cerebral incluso con la función neuroendocrina persistente.
- La pérdida de la unidad integradora del cerebro, no las funciones aisladas, define la muerte cerebral.
Conclusiones:
- Aceptar la muerte cerebral con la función neuroendocrina continua es consistente con una antropología sólida.
- Las funciones neuroendocrinas son propiedades emergentes del cerebro integrado, no signos vitales independientes.
- El concepto de muerte total del cerebro debe centrarse en la pérdida de la capacidad integradora esencial del cerebro.
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