A survey on patients admitted in severe coma: Implications for brain death identification and organ donation

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-44

  Senouci, Kamel ^a   Guerrini, Patrice ^a   Diene, Eloi ^a   Atinault, Alain ^a   Claquin, Jacky ^a   Bonnet, Francis ^a   Tuppin, Philippe ^a  

^a Etablissement Francais des Greffes   (France)

Author keywords

Brain death; Critical illness; Medical records; Organ donors; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

BRAIN DEATH; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0742269739     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1923-8     Document Type: Review

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