학술논문

Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations.
Document Type
Article
Source
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Supplement. 3/14/2006, Vol. 174 Issue 6, pS1-S12. 12p.
Subject
*BRAIN injuries
*NEUROLOGY
*DEATH
*FORUMS
Language
Abstract
Discusses the recommendations from the forum Severe Brain Injury to Neurological Determination of Death, held in Vancouver, British Columbia from April 9-11, 2003, on the processes of care, commencing with severe brain injury and culminating with neurological determination of death (NDD). Minimum clinical criteria for NDD; Confounding factors that prelude the clinical diagnosis; Recommendations specific to infants aged 30 days to 1 year.