Quality assurance in determinations of brain death

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Izac, Suzette Marie ^a,b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Apnea test; Brain death; Brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP); Cerebral scintigraphy; Confirmatory tests; EEG; Irreversible coma; Quality assurance (QA); Radionuclide scans; Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP); Transcranial Doppler (TCD)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TISSUE;

BRAIN DEATH; ELECTROCEREBRAL INACTIVITY (ECI); ELECTRONEURODIAGNOSTICS (END); TISSUE DONATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; APNEA TEST; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFLEX DISORDER; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; TRAINING;

EID: 5644300862     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2004.11079479     Document Type: Review

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