A survey to determine the understanding of the conceptual basis and diagnostic tests used for brain death by neurosurgeons in Canada

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1039-1045

  Joffe, Ari R ^a,b   Anton, Natalie ^a   Mehta, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain death; Death; Neurosurgery; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; CANADA; CELL DAMAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; E-MAIL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN DEATH; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 37349084576     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303200.84994.ae     Document Type: Article

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