Postresuscitation neurologic prognostication and declaration of brain death

Cardiac Arrest: The Science and Practice of Resuscitation Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 885-901

  Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a   Hanley, Daniel F ^b   Eleff, Scott M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544828.052     Document Type: Chapter

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