In reply: Mistaken concepts on the use of ancillary testing in brain death diagnosis

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, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montreal, 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, Montreal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.
⁷ Centre de recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.

Comment

Guillaume Plourde et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;69(3):407-408.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02186-w. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

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, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montreal, 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, Montreal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.
⁷ Centre de recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada. michael.chasse@umontreal.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: ancillary testing; brain death/death by neurological criteria; organ donation; perfusion CT.

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.
Mistaken concepts on the use of ancillary testing in brain death diagnosis.
Brasil S. Brasil S. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Mar;69(3):405-406. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02185-x. Epub 2021 Dec 22. Can J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 34939138 No abstract available.

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