In reply: The capacity for consciousness and the clinical diagnosis of brain death: are we using the correct gold standard?

Guillaume Plourde¹, Joel Neves Briard², Sam D Shemie^{3

4}, Jai Jai Shiva Shankar⁵, Michaël Chassé^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
³ Division of Critical Care, Montreal Children's Hospital, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Deceased Organ Donation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁶ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.
⁷ Centre de recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.

Comment

Guillaume Plourde et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;68(10):1578-1579.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02047-6. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Guillaume Plourde¹, Joel Neves Briard², Sam D Shemie^{3

4}, Jai Jai Shiva Shankar⁵, Michaël Chassé^{6

7}

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
³ Division of Critical Care, Montreal Children's Hospital, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Deceased Organ Donation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁶ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.
⁷ Centre de recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: ancillary testing; brainstem death; consciousness.

Comment on

Flow is not perfusion, and perfusion is not function: ancillary testing for the diagnosis of brain death.
Plourde G, Briard JN, Shemie SD, Shankar JJS, Chassé M. Plourde G, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Jul;68(7):953-961. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-01988-2. Epub 2021 May 4. Can J Anaesth. 2021. PMID: 33942244 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The capacity for consciousness and the clinical diagnosis of brain death: are we using the correct gold standard?
Rady MY. Rady MY. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Oct;68(10):1576-1577. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02046-7. Epub 2021 Jun 14. Can J Anaesth. 2021. PMID: 34128201 No abstract available.

1. Rady MY. The capacity for consciousness and the clinical diagnosis of brain death: are we using the correct gold standard? Can J Anesth 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-021-02046-7 .
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1. Plourde G, Briard JN, Shemie SD, Shankar JJ, Chassé M. Flow is not perfusion, and perfusion is not function: ancillary testing for the diagnosis of brain death. Can J Anesth 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-021-01988-2 . - DOI - PubMed