When Determining Brain Death in Adults, Time Is of the Essence! The Last Nail in the Coffin of Dual Examination in Brain Death

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¹ From the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine (G.K.), New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County; Department of Neurology (G.K.), State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn; and Department of Neurology (T.A.A.), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield. kapigreg@gmail.com.
² From the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine (G.K.), New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County; Department of Neurology (G.K.), State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn; and Department of Neurology (T.A.A.), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield.

Editorial

Gregory Kapinos et al. Neurology. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 9;96(10):469-470.

doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011594. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

¹ From the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine (G.K.), New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County; Department of Neurology (G.K.), State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn; and Department of Neurology (T.A.A.), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield. kapigreg@gmail.com.
² From the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine (G.K.), New York City Health + Hospitals/Kings County; Department of Neurology (G.K.), State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn; and Department of Neurology (T.A.A.), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield.

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Comparison of 1 vs 2 Brain Death Examinations on Time to Death Pronouncement and Organ Donation: A 12-Year Single Center Experience.
Varelas PN, Rehman M, Mehta C, Louchart L, Schultz L, Brady P, Kananeh MF, Wijdicks EFM. Varelas PN, et al. Neurology. 2021 Mar 9;96(10):e1453-e1461. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011554. Epub 2021 Jan 29. Neurology. 2021. PMID: 33514644