Difficulty in brainstem death testing in the presence of high spinal cord injury

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 760-764

  Waters, C E ^a   French, G ^a   Burt, M ^a  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain, braindeath; Brain, electroencephalography; Brain, evoked potentials; Complications, brainstem death

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGAN DONOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2342525988     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh117     Document Type: Article

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