Diagnosing brain death: The importance of documenting clinical test results

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Keogh, A T ^a   Akhtar, T M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; audit; Brain; brain stem function tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCUMENTATION; FUNCTION TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGAN DONOR;

BRAIN DEATH; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0345355175     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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