Brain Death Determinations Vary Across Hospitals Only spotty adoption of 2010 AAN guidelines, study finds

Only a third of nearly 500 policies analyzed required specific expertise in neurology or neurosurgery to make the diagnosis, David Greer, MD, of Yale, and colleagues reported online in JAMA Neurology. "Hospitals should be encouraged to implement the 2010 AAN [American Academy of Neurology] guidelines to ensure 100% accurate and appropriate determination of brain death," Greer and colleagues wrote. Greer was a co-author of the 2010 AAN http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/55451?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-12-30&eun=g721819d0r