Clinical Brain Death with False Positive Radionuclide Cerebral Perfusion Scans
Practice guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology for the determination of brain death in adults define brain death as “the irreversible loss of function of the brain, including the brainstem.” Neurological determination of brain death is primarily based on clinical examination; if clinical...
Main Authors: | Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Sara Bughio, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Critical Care |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/630430 |
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