"Dr. Wijdicks'' latest edition of his book on Brain Death is outstandingly authoritative. As the undisputed world authority on the subject, Dr. Wijdicks provides a comprehensive and relatively unbiased understanding of brain death, from its important conception and legalization to modern approaches, worldwide practice and ethical and legal issues that surround the entity. It is packed with useful tables, as well as helpful video clips that illustrate key findings and educate the reader. In an era where there seems to be increasing controversy about this subject, the book is timely and definitive, and should serve as a strong reference for both clinicians and the lay public alike." -David M. Greer, MD, MA, Professor of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT "One of the multiple requirements for successful organ donation and transplantation is a robust and comprehensive understanding and application of brain death principles.
Once again Eelco Wijdicks contributes greatly to the medical community with this definitive resource on this subject."--Susan Gunderson, Chief Executive Officer, LifeSource, Minneapolis, MN "Dr. Wijdicks is the world''s leading authority on brain death. He continues to advance the knowledge base while honoring the historical context of the brain death concept. This is the definitive resource for all aspects of brain death determination and its intricate relationship to organ donation. If you know very little about brain death, you should read this book. If you think you know a lot about brain death, you should still read this book. The section on clinical problems and common clinical questions is an extremely useful practical guide to managing common complexities of clinical practices in this field.
"--Sam D. Shemie, MD, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Montreal Children''s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre & Research Institute, Montreal, Canada Praise from the Second Edition "In this well-written, thorough yet concise second edition book by Eelco Wijdicks, we are given both a historical and scientific tour of the process of declaring someone dead by neurologic criteria.I found the final part of the book where 25 clinical problems in brain death are explored to be some of the most insightful and clinically useful material I have read on the subject matter.Dr. Wijdicks is a well-known and respected expert on the process of death by neurologic criteria. He has been at the forefront of defining its criteria and in educating the world''s neuroscience and critical care physicians on its process. Any physician who meets their institutional criteria to pronounce death in this way should have this book readily available." -- Critical Care Medicine "Eelco Wijdicks is the preeminent expert on brain death in the world.
In this second edition of Brain Death, Dr. Wijdicks again provides a definitive and comprehensive text on the subject, while still being concise and practical enough to be of use to clinicans in daily practice. This book is mandatory for the libraries of actively practicing neurosurgeons, neurologists, and neurointensivists." -- Jonathan A. Friedman, MD, Regional Chair of Surgery, Bryan - College Station Campus, Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Director, The Texas Brain and Spine Institute, Bryan, TX "Dr. Wijdicks is one of the most accomplished experts in neurological critical care.[and] among his major contributions are his observations and clinical experiments regarding the examination of the patient with a severely damaged nervous system. [He] has catalogued his enormous personal experience in the second edition of his work, Brain Death.
He has successfully distilled the literature into six chapters: The History of Brain Death, The Neurology of Brain Death, Beliefs about Brain Death, Critics and Brain Death, Procurement after Brain Death and Clinical Problems in Brain Death. There is no one in the world more personally qualified to deal with this complex and sensitive subject. The job of reviewing the broad swath of data and opinion about this subject is a daunting one but Dr. Wijdicks has proved he is up to the task in his new second edition of Brain Death." --Martin Samuels, MD, Chairman, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.