Brain death assessment using instant spectral analysis of heart rate variability

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 306-310

  Baillard, Christophe ^a   Vivien, Benoit ^a   Mansier, Pascale ^a   Mangin, Laurence ^a   Jasson, Sylvain ^a   Riou, Bruno ^a   Swynghedauw, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Apnea test; Autonomic nervous system; Brain; Brain injury; Brain stem; Brain dead donors; Center frequency; Heart rate variability; Spectral analysis; Time frequency domains method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0036172198     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200202000-00007     Document Type: Article

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