Factors influencing time to death after withdrawal of life support in neurocritical patients

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1380-1385

  Yee, A H ^a   Rabinstein, A A ^a   Thapa, P ^a   Mandrekar, J ^a   Wijdicks, E F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMATOSE PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 77951763774     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181dad5f0     Document Type: Article

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