Evidence-based guideline update: Determining brain death in adults: Report of the quality standards subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 1911-1918

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Varelas, Panayiotis N ^b   Gronseth, Gary S ^c   Greer, David M ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; APNEA; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENTILATOR;

EID: 77953331308     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e242a8     Document Type: Article

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