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Brain death diagnosis and apnea test safety

The apnea test is a mandatory examination for determining brain death (BD), because it provides an essential sign of definitive loss of brainstem function. However, several authors have expressed their concern about the safety of this procedure as there are potential complications such as severe hyp...

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Autores principales: Machado, Calixto, Perez, Jesus, Scherle, Claudio, Areu, Alejandro, Pando, Alejandro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20174506
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.56326