An analysis of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in brain death and its usefulness in the diagnosis of brain death

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-404

  Bhattarai, B K ^a   Kaul, H L ^b   Muralidhar, V ^b   Bhatia, M ^b  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b AHMS   (India)

Author keywords

Brain death : Brainstem reflexes, BAEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE;

EID: 36348965306     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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