When should a brain scan with HMPAO be performed to diagnose brain death?;¿Cuándo realizar una gammagrafia cerebral con HMPAO en el diagnóstico de muerte encefálica?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 941-943

  Durán Ferreras, Eduardo ^a   Duran Ferreras A ^a   Redondo Verge L ^a   Castro Montano J ^a   Alvarez Marquez E ^a   Rodriguez de Quesada B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain death; Brain scan; Electroencephalogram; HMPAO; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENEAMINE OXIME; OXIME; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION; SPAIN; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037636220     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3610.2002605     Document Type: Article

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