A 10-Month-Old Infant With Reversible Findings of Brain Death

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Joffe, Ari R ^a   Kolski, Hanna ^a   Duff, Jonathan ^a   deCaen, Allan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BREATHING PATTERN; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWNING; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; DROWNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349769313     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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