Determination of death [4]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 592-593

  Machado, Calixto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TECHNIQUE; CUBA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; CUBA; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 16844379357     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00584.x     Document Type: Letter

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