Barotrauma during apnoea testing for brain death determination in a five-year-old boy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Monterrubio Villar, J ^a   Cordoba Lopez A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; COMA; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; POLYURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE;

OXYGEN;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; APNEA; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN;

EID: 44449109995     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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