Enhancing Understanding and Overcoming Barriers in Brain Death Determination Using Standardized Education: A Call to Action

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
² Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Department of Nursing Education and Quality, Advent Health, Orlando, FL, USA.
⁴ Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Neurocritical Care Division, Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health, Bay Shore, NY, USA.
⁶ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurosciences, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
⁷ Division of Neurosciences, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE, USA.
⁸ Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁹ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego Health, 9444 Medical Center Dr., East Campus Office Building 3-028, La Jolla, CA, 92037-7740, USA. jlabuzetta@ucsd.edu.

Editorial

Matthew N Jaffa et al. Neurocrit Care. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;39(2):294-303.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-023-01775-5. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

¹ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
² Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Department of Nursing Education and Quality, Advent Health, Orlando, FL, USA.
⁴ Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Neurocritical Care Division, Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health, Bay Shore, NY, USA.
⁶ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurosciences, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
⁷ Division of Neurosciences, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE, USA.
⁸ Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁹ Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego Health, 9444 Medical Center Dr., East Campus Office Building 3-028, La Jolla, CA, 92037-7740, USA. jlabuzetta@ucsd.edu.

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