Diagnosis of brain death in children and neonates. Diagnostic aspects;Diagnostico de muerte cerebral en ninos y neonatos. Particularidades diagnosticas

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Casado Flores, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Brain death; Children; Neonates

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANENCEPHALUS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; COMA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; NEWBORN DEATH; ORGAN DONOR; PREMATURITY;

EID: 0033928402     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(00)79577-5     Document Type: Article

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