Clinical experience with transcranial doppler ultrasonography as a confirmatory test for brain death: A retrospective analysis

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-376

  Sharma, Deepak ^a   Souter, Michael J ^a   Moore, Anne E ^a   Lam, Arthur M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cerebral circulatory arrest; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955818112     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9415-5     Document Type: Article

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