Diagnosing brain death without a neurologist
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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 PRESENTATION A patient with severe hypoxic-ischemic brain injury met the three cardinal neurological...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1471