Transcranial Doppler sonography usefulness in the diagnosis of the cerebral circulatory arrest accompanying brain death;Sonografia Doppler transcraneal: Su utilidad en el diagnostico de la parada circulatoria cerebral que acompana a la muerte encefalica

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 151-160

  Dominguez Roldan J M ^a,b   Barrera Chacon J M ^a   Rivera Fernandez M V ^a   Garcia Alfaro C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cerebral circulatory arrest; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Whole brain death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 0033911825     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(00)79575-1     Document Type: Article

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