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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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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 |