A national multicenter trial on family presence during brain death determination: The FABRA study

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-308

  Kompanje, Erwin J O ^a   De Groot, Yorick J ^a   Bakker, Jan ^a   IJzermans, Jan N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain death; Brain death determination; Family presence

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DEATH DETERMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA REFLEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RELATIVE; WITNESS;

BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84869207066     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9636-2     Document Type: Article

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