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ACMT Position Statement: Determining Brain Death in Adults After Drug Overdose

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  1. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Mark J. Neavyn

  2. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Andrew Stolbach

  3. Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    David M. Greer

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    Lewis S. Nelson

  5. Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Silas W. Smith

  6. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Jeffrey Brent

  7. Departments of Neurology and Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Laura M. Tormoehlen

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The intent of this position statement is to reduce the likelihood of erroneous declaration of brain death in the setting of drug- or toxin-induced coma.

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Neavyn, M.J., Stolbach, A., Greer, D.M. et al. ACMT Position Statement: Determining Brain Death in Adults After Drug Overdose. J. Med. Toxicol. 13, 271–273 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-017-0606-8

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