Drugs and brain death

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 394-398

  Kennedy, Michael C ^a,b,h   Moran, John L ^a,c   Fearnside, Michael ^a,f   Morris, Raymond G ^a,d,e   Upton, Richard N ^a,d   Chivell, Wayne ^a,g   Tobin, Bernadette ^a  

^a MANLY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Intensive Care Unit

^d Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Level 4   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENYTOIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029854279     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb125027.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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