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Pupil diameter for confirmation of brain death in adult organ donors in Japan

AIM: The criteria for brain death in Japan include a bilateral pupil diameter of ≥4 mm. We evaluated the appropriateness of a 4‐mm pupil diameter in adult brain‐dead donors in Japan. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 148 consecutive adult brain‐dead donors with an average age of 46...

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Autores principales: Sagishima, Katsuyuki, Kinoshita, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.208