Brain arrest, cardiac arrest and uncertainties in defining death

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-104

  Shemie, Sam D ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAZIL; CHILD; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC;

EID: 34147123769     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1607     Document Type: Editorial

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