Single brain death examination is equivalent to dual brain death examinations

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-553

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a,c   Rehman, Mohammed ^a   Abdelhak, Tamer ^a   Patel, Aashish ^a   Rai, Vivek ^a   Barber, Amy ^a   Sommer, Susan ^b   Corry, Jesse J ^a   Rao, Chethan P Venkatasubba ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Gift of Life Michigan   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cost effectiveness; Critical care; Organ donation; Single; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DUAL BRAIN DEATH EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BRAIN DEATH EXAMINATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84856277572     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9561-4     Document Type: Article

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