Certification of brain death: take care

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9675, 2009, Pages 1587-1589

  Powner, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65449165288     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60887-4     Document Type: Note

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