Pronouncing brain death: Contemporary practice and safety of the apnea test

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1240-1244

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,c   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Manno, Edward M ^a   Atkinson, John D ^b  

^a Division of Critical Care Neurology   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

APNEA; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 54449094719     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000327612.69106.4c     Document Type: Article

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