Irreversible apnoeic coma 35 years later: Towards a more rigorous definition of brain death?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1715-1722

  Zamperetti, Nereo ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Defanti, Carlo Alberto ^c   Latronico, Nicola ^d  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain death; Death; Irreversible apnoeic coma (IAC); Non heart beating organ donors (NHBD); Transplantation

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRREVERSIBLE APNEIC COMA; MORALITY; NON HEART BEATING ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BRAIN DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 4644281654     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2106-3     Document Type: Review

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