Utility of transcranial doppler ultrasonography for confirmatory diagnosis of brain death: Two sides of the coin
Utility of transcranial doppler ultrasonography for confirmatory diagnosis of brain death: Two sides of the coin
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DOI:
10.1097/01.tp.0000092305.00155.72
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发表时间:
2004-01-15
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6.2
通讯作者:
Ramazanoglu, A
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作者:
Dosemeci, L;Dora, B;Ramazanoglu, A
Background. Although the clinical examination and documentation of the clinical signs of brain death are very uniform, there are significant differences in the guidelines for using technical confirmatory tests to corroborate the clinical signs. The current study examined the utility of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) for confirmation of brain death.Methods. After 19 patients were excluded from the study because of lack of bone window or because an apnea test could not be performed because of desaturation, 100 patients (61 patients with clinical brain death, and 39 control patients with Glasgow Coma Score