Developed between the American Academy of Neurology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Neurology Society, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and endorsed by the Neurocritical Care Society, this new guideline provides recommendations on the evaluation of brain death/death by neurologic criteria for both children and adults. In this episode of HOT TOPICS, Dr Alex Reynolds is joined by two of the guideline's co-authors Dr Ariene Lewis and Dr Matthew Kirschen to introduce the purpose and recommendations of the Consensus Guideline. Access the guideline at https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/09/13/WNL.0000000000207740. Read the AAN's press release at https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5119.