A survey of brain death certification - An impetus for standardisation and improvement

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 987-994

  Ki, Jinn Chin ^a   Tong, Kiat Kwek ^a   Lew, Thomas W K ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apnoea test; Brainstem death; Caloric test; Guidelines; Preconditions

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SODIUM;

ACCREDITATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 39749159175     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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