Concepts of brain death

Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 289-294

  Bosnell, Rose ^a   Madder, Hilary ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain death; brain stem death; brain stem function tests; brain stem reflexes; guidelines; historical; legal aspects; organ transplantation; philosophy; supplementary tests

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL REFLEX; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959894858     PISSN: 02639319     EISSN: 18781764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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