Extended somatic support for pregnant women after brain death

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1241-1249

  Powner, David J ^a   Bernstein, Ira M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Organ donors; Organ procurement; Pregnancy; Pregnancy maintenance; Pregnancy outcome; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; INSULIN; LABETALOL; LACTULOSE; LIOTHYRONINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METHYLDOPA; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; RANITIDINE; VASOPRESSIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MONITORING; FLUID THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BRAIN DEATH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037387545     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000059643.45027.96     Document Type: Review

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