Electrocerebral silence with preserved but reduced cortical brain perfusion

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Heckmann, Josef G ^a   Lang, Christoph J G ^a   Pfau, Matthias ^a   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apallic syndrome; Hypoxic ischaemic brain damage; Isoelectric electroencephalogram; Keywords

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542674252     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200309000-00018     Document Type: Article

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