Brain death in infants and children

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Ashwal, Stephen ^a   Serna Fonseca, Teresa ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; COMA; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; DONOR SELECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33745245078     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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