Guidelines for the determination of brain death in infants and children: An update of the 1987 Task Force recommendations

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2139-2155

  Nakagawa, Thomas A ^a   Ashwal, Stephen ^b   Mathur, Mudit ^b   Mysore, Mohan R ^c   Bruce, Derek ^d   Conway, Edward E ^e   Duthie, Susan E ^f   Hamrick, Shannon ^g   Harrison, Rick ^h   Kline, Andrea M ⁱ   Lebovitz, Daniel J ^j   Madden, Maureen A ^k   Montgomery, Vicki L ^l   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^m   Rollins, Nancy ⁿ   Shemie, Sam D ^o   Vohra, Amit ^p   Williams Phillips, Jacqueline A ^k  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^l KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

apnea testing; brain death; cerebral blood flow; children; electroencephalography; infants; neonates; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

APNEA; APNEA TESTING; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT DISEASE; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 80051937860     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821f0d4f     Document Type: Article

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