Second brain death examination may negatively affect organ donation

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1315-1316

  Lustbader, Dana ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Goldstein, Michael ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DONOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; REFLEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL;

BRAIN DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 82955236206     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822944fb     Document Type: Letter

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