Confounding factors in diagnosing brain death: a case report

BACKGROUND: Brain death is strictly defined medically and legally. This diagnosis depends on three cardinal neurological features: coma, absent brainstem reflexes, and apnea. The diagnosis can only be made, however, in the absence of intoxication, hypothermia, or certain medical illnesses. CASE PRES...

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Autores principales: Burns, Jeffrey M, Login, Ivan S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12097152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-2-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12097152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-2-5

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