Maternal brain death - An Irish perspective

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Farragher, R ^a   Marsh, B ^b   Laffey, John G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain death; Brainstem death; Ethics; Foetus; Legal; Maternal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; THYROID HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CONSENSUS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTENSIVE CARE; IRELAND; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 31344465689     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168984     Document Type: Review

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