Understanding brainstem death testing
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Brainstem death
When brainstem death was formally defined by the Conference of Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the UK in 1976, a concept, as well as a description of a pathological process, was introduced into medical practice. This article describes core anatomy, pathophysiology of brain injury, the process of testing within the current guidelines and briefly explores the ethical and legal issue...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1747-0307,2052-2800
DOI: 10.12968/bjnn.2017.13.4.172