Early diagnosis of brain death in patients treated with central nervous system depressant drugs

Transplantation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-135

  López Navidad, Antonio ^a,b   Caballero, Francisco ^a   Domingo, Pere ^a   Marruecos, Luis ^a   Estorch, Montserrat ^a   Kulisevsky, Jaime ^a   Mora, Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE AGONIST; PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0343081418     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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