MRI and withdrawal of life support from newborn infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wilkinson, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Hypoxia ischemia; Infant; Magnetic resonance imaging; Newborn; Prognosis; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77955503037     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3067     Document Type: Review

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