Change brain-death diagnosis to save organs

Change brain-death diagnosis to save organs - health - 15 December 2010 - New Scientist: One clinical examination should be enough to establish whether a person has no brain activity. A second test is not only unnecessary, but also makes organ donation less likely. So says Eelco Wijdicks of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, whose study is challenging guidelines for diagnosing brain death in certain US states. New York, for example, recommends using two clinical exams 6 hours apart.