When are ancillary tests recommended in brain death confirmation?

Internet Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Machado, Calixto ^a   Perez, Jesus ^b   Scherle, Claudio ^b   Korein, Julius ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary tests; Brain death; CT angiography; Multimodality evoked potentials; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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