Irreversible maternal brain injury during pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 708-714

  Feldman, Deborah M ^a   Borgida, Adam F ^a   Rodis, John F ^a   Campbell, Winston A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROXY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033758033     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200011000-00023     Document Type: Review

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