Coregistration of transcranial Doppler - sonography and EEG in the diagnostic procedures of detection of brain death
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Brain death (BD) diagnosis is the clinical assessment of the irreversible loss of function of the entire brain, including the brainstem. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) examination is used in several countries as a confirmatory test to assess cerebral circulatory arrest (CCA), but is not feasible in patients with absent temporal bone windows. TCD is highly specific, but less sensitive because of false-negatives results.
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