Brain death in a pregnant woman and fetus survival;Muerte cerebral en una embarazada y sobrevida del feto

Medicina

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-452

  Mejia, Raul ^a   Badariotti, Gustavo ^b   De Diego, Bernardo ^b   Ridruejo, Ovidio ^b   O'Flaherty, Enrique ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Mater Dei   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain death; Ethics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

EID: 58149295901     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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