The diagnosis of brain death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1215-1221

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREFLEXIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPOTHERMIA; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POISONING; QUADRIPLEGIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0035912158     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104193441606     Document Type: Review

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