Transcranial Doppler for brain death after decompressive craniectomy: Persistence of cerebral blood flow with flat EEG

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2163-2164

  Vicenzini, E ^a   Pro, S ^a   Randi, F ^a   Pulitano, P ^a   Spadetta, G ^b   Rocco, M ^b   Di Piero, V ^a   Lenzi, G L ^a   Mecarelli, O ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

BRAIN DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78649324554     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-2008-0     Document Type: Letter

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