Authors' response: CPR and brain death: confounders, clearance, caution

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. sandroni@rm.unicatt.it.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital (AP-HP) Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Comment

Claudio Sandroni et al. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;43(2):286-287.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4632-9. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. sandroni@rm.unicatt.it.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital (AP-HP) Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Neurology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

No abstract available

Comment on

The rate of brain death and organ donation in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sandroni C, D'Arrigo S, Callaway CW, Cariou A, Dragancea I, Taccone FS, Antonelli M. Sandroni C, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Nov;42(11):1661-1671. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4549-3. Epub 2016 Oct 3. Intensive Care Med. 2016. PMID: 27699457 Free PMC article.
CPR and brain death: confounders, clearance, caution.
Wijdicks EF. Wijdicks EF. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Feb;43(2):284-285. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4625-8. Epub 2016 Nov 28. Intensive Care Med. 2017. PMID: 27896381 No abstract available.