Brain death and evoked potentials in pediatric patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 412-416

  Ruiz López, Maria Jesús ^a   Martínez De Azagra, Amelia ^a   Serrano, Ana ^a   Casado Flores, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain death criteria; Brain death, pediatric etiology; Electroencephalogram; Evoked potentials, auditory; Organ transplantation; Pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGED CHILD; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032909533     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00051     Document Type: Article

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