Decompressive craniectomy as a potentially reversible condition in brain death-brain stunning or skin and pericranium stretching?

Ellery T Cunan¹, Roy Dudley², Sam D Shemie^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ MUHC Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.
⁴ Deceased Organ Donation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, 1001 boulevard Décarie, B06.3834, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.

Editorial

Ellery T Cunan et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;69(7):811-814.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02264-7. Epub 2022 May 10.

Ellery T Cunan¹, Roy Dudley², Sam D Shemie^{3

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5}

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ MUHC Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.
⁴ Deceased Organ Donation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, 1001 boulevard Décarie, B06.3834, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada. sam.shemie@mcgill.ca.

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Comment in

Withholding therapeutic interventions in brain(stem) death: is it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Rady MY. Rady MY. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Nov;69(11):1435-1436. doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02324-y. Epub 2022 Sep 12. Can J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 36097130 No abstract available.
In reply: Withholding therapeutic interventions in brain(stem) death: is it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Cunan ET, Dudley RWR, Shemie SD. Cunan ET, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Nov;69(11):1439-1440. doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02326-w. Epub 2022 Sep 12. Can J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 36097131 No abstract available.

A red flag for diagnosing brain death: decompressive craniectomy of the posterior fossa.
Walter U, Eggert M, Walther U, Kreienmeyer J, Henker C, Arndt H, Cantré D, Zitzmann A. Walter U, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Jul;69(7):900-906. doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02265-6. Epub 2022 May 18. Can J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 35585474 Free PMC article.

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