Pitfalls in the diagnosis of brain death

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-287

  Busl, Katharina M ^a   Greer, David M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Coma; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; APNEA; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGY; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350569996     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9231-y     Document Type: Review

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