January 11, 2011; 76 (2) Articles
Second brain death examination may negatively affect organ donation
D. Lustbader, D. O'Hara, E.F.M. Wijdicks, L. MacLean, W. Tajik, A. Ying, E. Berg, M. Goldstein
First published December 15, 2010, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182061b0c
D. Lustbader
D. O'Hara
E.F.M. Wijdicks
L. MacLean
W. Tajik
A. Ying
E. Berg
Second brain death examination may negatively affect organ donation
D. Lustbader, D. O'Hara, E.F.M. Wijdicks, L. MacLean, W. Tajik, A. Ying, E. Berg, M. Goldstein
Neurology Jan 2011, 76 (2) 119-124; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182061b0c
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- Received May 10, 2010
- Accepted July 26, 2010
- First Published December 15, 2010.
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- D. Lustbader, MD,
- D. O'Hara, MS,
- E.F.M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD,
- L. MacLean, PhD,
- W. Tajik,
- A. Ying, MS,
- E. Berg and
- M. Goldstein, MD
- D. Lustbader, MD,
- D. O'Hara, MS,
- E.F.M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD,
- L. MacLean, PhD,
- W. Tajik,
- A. Ying, MS,
- E. Berg and
- M. Goldstein, MD
- From the New York University School of Medicine (D.L.), North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset; New York Organ Donor Network (D.L., D.O., W.T., A.Y., E.B., M.G.), Manhasset; Division of Critical Care Neurology (E.F.M.W.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; School of Business Administration (L.C.M.), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; and Transplant Surgery (M.G.), New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Dana Lustbader, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030 Lustbader{at}nshs.edu
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Submitted May 10, 2011 - Reply from the authors
- Dana Lustbader, Pallative Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NYlustbader@nshs.edu
- Eelco FM Wijdicks (Rochester, MN), Michael Goldstein (New York, NY)
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