Transcranial Doppler as a confirmatory test in brain death

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Lovrenčić Huzjan, Arijana ^a   Vuković, Vlasta ^a   Jergović, Krešimir ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brain death diagnosis; Brain death physiopathology; Brain death ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Doppler transcranial

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFLEX; REVIEW;

EID: 33847715904     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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