Evaluation of coma and brain death

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-118

  Michelson, David J ^a,b   Ashwal, Stephen ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AKINETIC MUTISM; ANOREXIA; BLEEDING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CIRCULATION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EYE MOVEMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGENATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN DEATH; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 3042785097     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2004.03.010     Document Type: Review

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