A critique of ancillary tests for brain death

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-508

  Young, G Bryan ^a,b   Lee, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancillary tests; Blood flow; Brain death; Confirmatory tests; Criteria; EEG

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN DEATH; COMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 24644507109     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:1:4:499     Document Type: Review

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