Pediatric brain death diagnosis in the view of organ donation in france

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 616-617

  Hindy François, Clémence ^a   Orliaguet, Gilles ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^a   Carli, Pierre ^a   Blanot, Stéphane ^a   Hertz Pannier, Lucie ^a   Brunelle, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 65649131516     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181963d91     Document Type: Letter

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