Surges of electroencephalogram activity at the time of death: A case series

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1095-1100

  Chawla, Lakhmir S ^a,b   Akst, Seth ^a   Junker, Christopher ^a   Jacobs, Barbara ^a   Seneff, Michael G ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SPIKE WAVE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 70449635720     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0159     Document Type: Article

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