New Brain Death Guidelines!

The American Academy of Neurology has released new guidelines for determining brain death in adults. The recommendations provide step-by-step instructions to help guide clinical decision making.

The guidelines are published in the June 8 issue of Neurology.

Among other the notable thing is that more than 1 exam is not required in the new brain death guidelines. Clinicians usually perform 2 exams. In new guidelines one time brain death exam is sufficient.

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