Prolonged somatic survival of clinically brain-dead adult patient - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 114-117

  Maruya, Jun ^a   Nishimaki, Keiichi ^a   Nakahata, Jun Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroko ^a   Fujita, Yasuo ^a   Minakawa, Takashi ^a  

^a AKITA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain death; End of life care; Somatic support; Spinal automatism; Spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL REFLEX; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE;

EID: 41549101538     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.114     Document Type: Article

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