Increased apnea threshold in a pediatric patient with suspected brain death

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1917-1919

  Vardis, Ralph ^a   Pollack, Murray M ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Apnea threshold; Brain death; CO2 threshold

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031766342     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199811000-00040     Document Type: Article

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